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The Ambassadors Victoria Way Woking Surrey

PLAN/2025/0726Advertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 31 October 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)14 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of existing static cinema listing boards with internally illuminated digital display screens to the exterior of The Ambassadors. Installation of new vinyl advertising to the exterior. Replacement of existing signage with new illuminated signs. Removal of existing poster boards.

Received
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Canalside
Agent
Studio DJL
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at The Ambassadors Victoria Way Woking Surrey. Woking has handled 26 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Woking's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Canalside.

81% of advertising applications at Woking Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2025
Consultation expiry
9 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
9 October 2025
Target decision date
11 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Studio DJL
Agent address
Studio 01 Second Floor Building C3 13 Soames Walk Greenwich SE10 0AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Basingstoke CanalPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Woking War MemorialOn this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 1-12 and 26-34 High Street and Commercial Way, Woking GU21 6ENRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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© 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    22 Oct

    Renewal of Advertisement Consent PLAN/2020/0547

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentPLAN/2025/0786

Source: Woking

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