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The Cottage Church Hill Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QE

PLAN/2025/0784HouseholderApproved

Approved on 22 January 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of a rear outbuilding and swimming pool.

Received
23 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Horsell
Agent
Heritage Architecture
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Cottage Church Hill Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QE. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Woking's typical decision time. The site is in the Horsell conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 192 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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Application details

Postcode
GU21 4QE
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Consultation expiry
12 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
12 November 2025
Target decision date
18 December 2025
Permission expires
22 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Heritage Architecture
Agent address
Lingate House Oakcroft Road West Byfleet KT14 6JH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Horsell
  • 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, 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.

Source: Woking

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