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63 High Street Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PX

PLAN/2025/0687HouseholderRefused

Refused on 24 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Proposed replacement roof set higher than the existing with a half-hip, insertion of a flat roofed rear dormer and 5no front roof lights following removal of the existing hipped roof.

Received
29 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Knaphill
Agent
Enliven Solutions Limited
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.30 Sep
  4. Target24 Oct
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 63 High Street Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PX. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Knaphill. We hold 1,553 applications in total for the GU21 postcode area.

83% of full applications at Woking Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed replacement roof and associated rear dormer extension, by combined reason of their size, height, positioning, design, bulk and massing would result in an unduly dominating and incongruous extension to the property which would fail to respect the simple form and character of the existing building. The extensions would result in the formation of a significantly increased extent of flat roof at first floor level, which would represent a highly visible and incongruous form of development given the context of the area. They would further result in the formation of a dwelling which appears uncharacteristically overdeveloped at roof level, resulting in a top-heavy appearance to the host dwelling. The proposed development would therefore be at odds with the pattern of development evident within the immediate surrounding residential development. Furthermore, the proposed addition of five rooflights within the front (south) roof plane, with no apparent relationship to the positioning of the relatively uniform ground and first floor fenestration, would result in a further unsatisfactory and highly apparent visual change to the principal elevation of the dwelling, also at odds with the character of the dwelling and pattern of development in the locality. The proposed replacement roof, including rear roof dormer enlargement and front rooflight additions would therefore fail to respect and make a positive contribution to the street scene and the character of the area within which they would be situated, contrary to Woking Core Strategy (2012) Policies CS21 'Design' and CS24 'Woking's Landscape and Townscape', the 'Residential extensions' section of Supplementary Planning Document 'Woking Design' (2015) and Section 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (2024) (particularly paragraph 135).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU21 2PX
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025
Consultation expiry
30 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
30 September 2025
Target decision date
24 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Enliven Solutions Limited
Architect profile
ENLIVEN SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Agent address
397 Reigate Road EPSOM DOWNS KT17 3LU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6002517
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 February 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
23
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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