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Byfleet Beds And Furniture 140 High Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7RD

PLAN/2025/0736PA - COU commercial/service to dwellhsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 13 November 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval under the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to provide 4x residential units.

Received
19 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Byfleet And West Byfleet
Agent
City Planning
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Byfleet Beds And Furniture 140 High Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7RD. Woking has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Byfleet And West Byfleet. We hold 285 applications in total for the KT14 postcode area.

74% of outline 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. It has not been demonstrated that the proposal does not require building operations which require Planning Permission and which exceed the limitations of Paragraph MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) to facilitate the change of use.
  2. It is considered that the proposal would result in unacceptable transport impact in relation to parking stress and waste management. The proposal is therefore contrary to Paragraph MA.2.(2)(a) of Part 3, Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  3. The proposal would result in four new dwellings, which are a 'more vulnerable' use classification and entirely contained at ground floor level, within Flood Zone 2 which is a medium risk of flooding. It has not been demonstrated that the proposed development would be safe from flooding for the lifetime of the development including allowing for climate change, contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework (2024). The proposal is therefore contrary to Paragraph MA.2.(2)(c) of Part 3, Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  4. It has not been demonstrated that there would be adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the proposed dwellings contrary to Paragraph MA.2.(2)(f) of Part 3, Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
KT14 7RD
Application type
PA - COU commercial/service to dwellhs
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2025
Consultation expiry
21 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 October 2025
Target decision date
13 November 2025
Permission expires
13 November 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
City Planning
Agent address
Third Floor 244 Vauxhall Bridge Road London SW1V 1AU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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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