6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ

1. 1.Notwithstanding the submitted Internal Daylight and Sunlight Assessment, the applicant has failed to demonstrate that the proposed development would secure adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses once the extant approval under Class AA for an upwards extension of the building is taken into account as part of the relevant baseline, as required by paragraph MA.2(2)(f) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO 2015 (as amended), read together with paragraph W(2A) and the corresponding natural light provisions under Part 20, and having regard to the approach to specified prior approval matters confirmed in Cab Housing Ltd v Secretary of State. Accordingly, and bearing in mind the mandatory wording of the Order and the need to ensure a high standard of amenity consistent with Paragraph 135(f) of the NPPF 2024, prior approval is refused on the basis that adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses has not been robustly demonstrated, taking full account of the extant Class AA Prior Approval and all other material considerations. The proposed development is, therefore, contrary to paragraph 135(f) of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2024. Given the above, the proposal fails the assessment required under point MA.2.-(2)(f) of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

GU21 6DJ

Date validated

29 October 2025