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Greenoak Housing 155 Goldsworth Road Woking Surrey GU21 6LS

PLAN/2025/0841PA - COU commercial/service to dwellhsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use from office (Class E) to 2 x units (Class C3) via Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO

Received
31 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
St Johns
Agent
UPP Architects + Town Planners
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.26 Nov
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided24 Dec

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Greenoak Housing 155 Goldsworth Road Woking Surrey GU21 6LS. Woking has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across St Johns. We hold 1,553 applications in total for the GU21 postcode area.

74% of outline 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 application site is located within the Basingstoke Canal Flood Risk Area and the Medium and High Surface Water Flood Risk areas and the proposed change of use would increase the vulnerability of the site to a more vulnerable use. A Flood Risk Assessment has not been submitted in support of this application. It has not therefore been demonstrated that the proposal would have an acceptable impact on flood risk. The proposal is therefore contrary to paragraph 181 and footnote 63 (Section 14) of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU21 6LS
Application type
PA - COU commercial/service to dwellhs
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2025
Consultation expiry
26 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 November 2025
Target decision date
25 December 2025
Permission expires
24 December 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
UPP Architects + Town Planners
Agent address
LABS Atrium Stables Market Chalk Farm Road London NW1 8AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
13
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.

Source: Woking

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