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April Cottage 63 Westfield Avenue Westfield Woking Surrey GU22 9PG

PLAN/2025/0760HouseholderRefused

Refused on 7 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retrospective application for the retention of existing 570mm high rendered brick wall with 7No. 1.80M high rendered brick pillars at front boundary with Westfield Avenue with natural planting above lower walls between pillars

Received
12 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hoe Valley
Agent
James Barry Associates Ltd
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at April Cottage 63 Westfield Avenue Westfield Woking Surrey GU22 9PG. 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 88 applications across Hoe Valley. We hold 747 applications in total for the GU22 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 1.8-metre-high rendered pillars amount to a discordant and overly dominant feature within the street scene that fail to respect the spacious, open and low-level character of Westfield Avenue, which is typified by modest boundary treatments such as low walls and soft landscaping. Collectively, the 1.8-metre-high rendered pillars form an uncharacteristically tall and imposing structure, which appears disproportionate and incongruous within the surrounding area and are considered to result in an alien and harsh frontage which erodes the established rhythm of open gardens, miniature walls and hedges along the road. The proposal is, therefore, contrary to Policies CS21 (Design) and CS24 (Woking's landscape and townscape) of the Woking Core Strategy 2012, Section 12 (Achieving well-designed places) of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2024 (most notably paragraphs 131 and 135), and the Council's Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) 'Outlook, Amenity, Privacy and Daylight' 2022 and 'Design' 2015, which together seek high quality design that positively contributes to local townscape character, including through appropriately scaled and sympathetic boundary treatments.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU22 9PG
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 December 2025
Target decision date
7 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
James Barry Associates Ltd
Agent address
41 Collingwood Place Walton On Thames Surrey KT12 1LU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6004806
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 1 April 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
11

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

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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