Testing And Consultancy Unit A And B 126 High Street Old Woking Woking Surrey GU22 9JN
Approved on 21 April 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval - Approved5 conditions
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 3x residential units.
- Received
- 11 February 2026
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Woking Borough Council
- Ward
- Hoe Valley
- Agent
- Bell Cornwell Chartered Town Planners
- ReceivedReceived11 Feb
- ValidatedValidated11 Feb
- Consult.Consultation11 Mar
- TargetTarget Date7 Apr
- DecidedDecided21 Apr
Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Testing And Consultancy Unit A And B 126 High Street Old Woking Woking Surrey GU22 9JN. Woking has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Woking's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Woking conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Hoe Valley. We hold 747 applications in total for the GU22 postcode area.
74% of outline applications at Woking Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- GU22 9JN
- Application type
- PA - COU commercial/service to dwellhs
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bell Cornwell Chartered Town Planners
- Agent address
- Bell Cornwell Unit 2 Meridian Business Park Osborn Way Hook RG27 9HY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 21
- Constraints
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Old Woking
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, 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.
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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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202619 Oct
Conversion of existing buildings (including 2 existing residential units and one already approved) to result…
PendingApplicationPLAN/2026/0692 - 202619 Feb
Proposed external alterations to existing buildings including replacement windows and new windows.
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPLAN/2026/0118
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