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5 - 51 Middle Walk Woking Surrey GU21 6XT

PLAN/2026/0018Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 14 April 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use/Development) for works including adding a green roof with associated irrigation cabinets, access ladders and guarding/safe access system and a green wall on the southern (front) facade at no.5-51 Middle Walk.

Received
17 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Canalside
Agent
Shrimplin Planning & Development
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5 - 51 Middle Walk Woking Surrey GU21 6XT. Woking has handled 107 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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.

75% of amendment 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
GU21 6XT
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Target decision date
14 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Shrimplin Planning & Development
Agent address
Austen House Units A-J Station View Guildford Surrey GU1 4AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 1-12 and 26-34 High Street and Commercial Way, Woking GU21 6ENRegister site at or near this address
  • 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.

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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