6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ

PLAN/2025/0915Refused

Prior approval

Refused on 28 January 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval - Refused1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Prior Approval under the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to provide 5x residential units.

Submitted: 8 December 2025
Council: Woking Borough Council

ReceivedSubmitted8 Dec
ValidatedValidated8 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided28 Jan

Decided in 51 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ. Woking has handled 3,212 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Woking's typical decision time. There have been 17 other applications at this address. We hold 1,553 applications in total for the GU21 postcode area.

Why it was refused

It has not been demonstrated that the development constitutes permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). The floorspace identified for conversion does not comprise an existing or lawful part of the building and is not capable of being lawfully created having regard to Condition 4 of planning permission PLAN/2025/0712 and Condition 11 of planning permission PLAN/1997/0834, which restrict operational works and the lawful configuration of the building and associated parking layout. In accordance with Articles 3(4) and 3(5) of the GPDO 2015, permitted development rights do not apply where building operations or uses necessary to establish the development are unlawful. As the identified floorspace is neither extant nor capable of lawful implementation, it cannot benefit from the permitted development right under Class MA.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: GU21 6DJ

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 December 2025

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Premier House, 15-19 Church Street West, Woking, GU21 6DJRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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© 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.

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