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58 - 60 Westfield Road Westfield Woking Surrey GU22 9NG

PLAN/2026/0299HouseholderRefused

Refused on 8 July 2026

1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retrospective application for the installation of 3No air conditioning units to rear elevation.

Received
20 April 2026
Ward
Hoe Valley
Agent
Neil Warner Architecture Ltd
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated20 Apr
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target15 Jun
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 58 - 60 Westfield Road Westfield Woking Surrey GU22 9NG. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Woking's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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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Why it was refused

  1. In the absence of a Noise Impact Assessment (or similar acoustic assessment), the applicant has failed to demonstrate that the noise generated by the subject 3no. air conditioning units (including the cumulative effect of up to all 3no. units operating simultaneously, including during night-time hours) would avoid significant harm, resulting from noise (and vibrations), to the health and the quality of life of the occupiers of the flatted dwellings at first and second floor levels within the subject building, that noise generated by the air conditioning units could be reduced to an acceptable level with mitigation provided to an appropriate standard, and that the residential amenity of occupiers of the flatted dwellings at first and second floor levels within the subject building would not be adversely affected by unacceptable levels of noise pollution. The proposed development is therefore contrary to Policy CS21 'Design' of the Woking Core Strategy (2012), Policy DM7 'Noise and light pollution' of the Woking Development Management Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) (2016) and the provisions of Section 15 'Conserving and enhancing the natural environment' of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (December 2024) (most notably paragraphs 187 and 198).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU22 9NG
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
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Planning application dates

Date validated
20 April 2026
Consultation expiry
13 May 2026
Consultation end
13 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 May 2026
Target decision date
15 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Neil Warner Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
NEIL WARNER ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Rustlings, Robin Hood Lane, Sutton Green Guildford Surrey Guildford GU4 7QG

Planning decision

Case officer
Hannah Dale
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
15
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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