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Gardenia Place Orchard Drive Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4BN

PLAN/2025/0715HouseholderRefused

Refused on 18 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a side dormer window.

Received
10 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Horsell
Agent
Milburn Designs
  1. Received10 Sep
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Oct
  4. Target5 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Gardenia Place Orchard Drive Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4BN. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Woking's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 191 applications across Horsell. 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 side dormer, by reason of its positioning, width, depth and height, would be a substantial and visually dominant addition within the roofslope and wider streetscene and would not respect nor make a positive contribution to the street scene and established Arcadian character of the area, contrary to Policies CS21 and CS24 of the Woking Core Strategy (2012), Supplementary Planning Document Woking Design (2015) and the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU21 4BN
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2025
Consultation expiry
2 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
2 October 2025
Target decision date
5 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Milburn Designs
Agent address
5 Helston Close Frimley Camberley GU16 9FL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
9

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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