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Briarwood Nursery 145 Saunders Lane Woking Surrey GU22 0NT

PLAN/2026/0205Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 17 July 2026

Council decision: Permitted19 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retrospective application for erection of 2x glasshouses and 2x sheds for horticultural use, 1x polytunnel,1x pump room creation of a water storage pond and 3x water tanks, formation of a car parking area and other associated works following demolition of 1x building, 3x glasshouses, 3x sheds and 2x polytunnels

Received
25 March 2026
Public comments
9
Ward
Heathlands
Agent
Smith Simmons & Partners
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target24 Jun
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 114 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Briarwood Nursery 145 Saunders Lane Woking Surrey GU22 0NT. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 8 weeks longer than Woking's typical decision time. 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 0NT
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not Available, if this is a comment please see the Documents Tab

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
18 April 2026
Consultation end
18 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 April 2026
Target decision date
24 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Smith Simmons & Partners
Agent address
32 North Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1LX

Planning decision

Case officer
Brooke Bougnague
Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
44
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    10 Aug

    Approval of details pursuant to Conditions 2 (materials) and 10 (landscaping) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCOND/2026/0092
  2. 2026
    25 Mar

    Retrospective application for erection of 2x glasshouses and 2x sheds for horticultural use, 1x polytunnel,1x…

    This applicationApprovedFullPLAN/2026/0205

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