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1 Nursery Cottages St Johns Lye St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7SN

PLAN/2025/0912HouseholderRefused

Refused on 28 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of first floor side and single storey rear extensions and front porch. Alterations to fenestration.

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
St Johns
Agent
Heritage Architecture
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Dec
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 1 Nursery Cottages St Johns Lye St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7SN. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 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.

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 development in combination with the existing extension at the dwelling, would result in a disproportionate addition over and above the original dwelling. The proposal therefore represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt, which would be harmful by definition and would also impact detrimentally on the openness of the Green Belt. A case for Very Special Circumstances has been put forward but none are apparent which would outweigh the substantial harm caused to the Green Belt by reason of the proposal's inappropriateness and harm to openness. The proposal would therefore be contrary to Woking Core Strategy (2012) policy CS6 'Green Belt', Woking DMP DPD (2016) policy DM13 'Buildings Within and Adjoining the Green Belt' and the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU21 7SN
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
23 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 December 2025
Target decision date
28 January 2026

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
10
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Basingstoke CanalPart of the site
  • Green belt: Woking
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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