Wheatsheaf Cottage 40 Chobham Road Woking Surrey GU21 4AS
Approved on 17 April 2026
Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for change of use from Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) to Class C4 (Houses in multiple occupation - not more than six residents).
- Received
- 20 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Woking Borough Council
- Ward
- Horsell
- Agent
- Curio Architects
- ReceivedReceived20 Feb
- ValidatedValidated20 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Apr
- DecidedDecided17 Apr
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Wheatsheaf Cottage 40 Chobham Road Woking Surrey GU21 4AS. Woking has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 191 applications across Horsell. We hold 1,553 applications in total for the GU21 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- GU21 4AS
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Curio Architects
- Architect profile
- CURIO ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Unit 205, The Print Rooms 164-180 Union Street London SE1 0LH United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
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, 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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202621 Sep
Proposed change of use from a six-person House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) to a nine-person HMO…
PendingApplicationPLAN/2026/0643 - 202528 Oct
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension following demolition of existing garage and conservatory.
ApprovedHouseholderPLAN/2025/0820
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