41 Willowmead Close Woking Surrey GU21 3DN

1. 1.The rendering of the extent of the rear elevation of the host dwellinghouse results in a high degree of incongruous and intrusive visual impact when viewed from various vantage points along the public footway which encircles the proximate Goldsworth Park Lake to the rear, an area which is designated as Urban Open Space, and which forms an important recreational resource in the surrounding area. The rendering of the extent of the rear elevation of the host dwellinghouse also reads as readily visually discordant in contrast with surrounding residential dwellings, whereby (dark brickwork) external materials have largely been unaltered since the time of original construction in the 1970's and 1980's and which remain highly consistent. The rendering of the entire extent of the rear elevation of the host dwellinghouse therefore fails to respect and make a positive contribution to the character of the area in which it is situated, fails to pay due regard to the materials of adjoining buildings and fails to provide a positive benefit in terms of townscape character and local distinctiveness, resulting in harm to the character and appearance of the area, contrary to Woking Core Strategy (2012) Policies CS21 'Design' and CS24 'Woking's Landscape and Townscape', Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) 'Design' (2015) and the provisions of Section 12 'Achieving well-designed places' of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024) (particularly paragraph 135).

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

GU21 3DN

Application type

Householder

Scale / size

Small

Date validated

28 October 2025

Consultation expiry

19 November 2025

Neighbour consultation end

19 November 2025

Target decision date

23 December 2025

Agent

Award Design

Agent address

2 Buttermere Drive Camberley GU15 1QU

Statutory period

56 days

Documents

15

Constraints

10