Gorse Hill Hook Heath Road Woking Surrey GU22 0QF
Approved on 31 July 2026
Council decision: Permitted13 conditions
Proposal
Demolition of existing single storey structure and erection of new two-storey hotel accommodation building (Use Class C1), with associated hard and soft landscaping.
- Received
- 23 December 2025
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Woking Borough Council
- Ward
- Heathlands
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated23 Dec
- Consult.Consultation29 Jan
- TargetTarget Date17 Feb
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 220 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Gorse Hill Hook Heath Road Woking Surrey GU22 0QF. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 220 days, 23 weeks longer than Woking's typical decision time. The site is in the Fishers Hill, Hook Heath conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 172 applications across Heathlands. We hold 747 applications in total for the GU22 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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Application details
- Postcode
- GU22 0QF
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 29 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 29 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bidwells
- Agent address
- 25 Old Burlington Street London W1S 3AN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 45
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Fishers Hill, Hook HeathPart 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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