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155 Albert Drive Sheerwater Woking Surrey GU21 5QY

PLAN/2025/0869Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 6 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Formation of a new vehicular access, associated change of use of amenity land and creation of new hardstanding.

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Canalside
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 155 Albert Drive Sheerwater Woking Surrey GU21 5QY. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Woking's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Canalside. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed vehicular access and crossover would obstruct an existing bus stop cage and the visibility envelope required for approaching busses and would also fail to achieve the required visibility splays from the site due to the existing bus shelter. Furthermore, by reason of the scale of the hardstanding to the front of the site, vehicles would be required to either enter or leave the site in reverse gear and therefore would cause additional obstruction to the highway. The positioning of the cross over would also interfere with the pedestrians / passengers boarding and alighting area. The proposals could therefore cause danger and inconvenience to highway users, and interfere with the free flow of traffic on the adjoining public highway, which would be contrary to the objectives of the NPPF (2024), policy CS18 of the Core Strategy (2012) and objectives of the Surrey Transport Plan (LTP4) 2022-2032 'To improve road safety and the security of the travelling public in Surrey'.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU21 5QY
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026
Consultation expiry
23 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
23 January 2026
Target decision date
2 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6006124
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 July 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
9

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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