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Atifs Superstore 103 - 105 Walton Road Woking Surrey GU21 5DW

PLAN/2026/0137Advertisement ConsentRefused

Refused on 29 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of internally illuminated sign.

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Canalside
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Atifs Superstore 103 - 105 Walton Road Woking Surrey GU21 5DW. Woking has handled 26 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Woking's typical decision time. 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.

81% of advertising applications at Woking Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed advertisement, by reason of its size, position and illumination would be a prominent feature on the building not in keeping with the character of the area and would have a significant harmful impact on visual amenity contrary to policies CS21 and CS24 of the Woking Core Strategy (2012), policy DM18 of the Woking Development Management Policies DPD (2016), Supplementary Planning Document Woking Design (2015) and the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU21 5DW
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available, if this is a comment please see the Documents Tab

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 March 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Atif Superstore
Agent address
103-105 Walton Road Woking GU21 5DW

Planning decision

Case officer
Claire Bater
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Source: Woking

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