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5 Anchor Crescent Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PD

PLAN/2025/0779Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 January 2026

7 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed erection of a first-floor level extension to the first-floor storage area (Use Class E) and conversion of first-floor into a self-contained two-bedroom residential unit (Use Class C3) with associated external bin and bicycle storage provision. Revised ground-floor café layout that introduces an accessible unisex WC with a lobby. Removal of external roof-mounted extraction flue.

Received
9 October 2025
Public comments
1
Ward
Knaphill
Agent
Architect Designs
  1. Received9 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 5 Anchor Crescent Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PD. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Woking's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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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Application details

Postcode
GU21 2PD
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2025
Consultation expiry
31 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
31 October 2025
Target decision date
4 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architect Designs
Architect profile
ARCHITECT DESIGNS LTD
Agent address
102 Ternata Drive Tredegar Monmouth NP25 5UY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
17
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Land to the rear of Co-Op, Englefield Road, Knaphill, GU21 2PERegister 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Woking

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