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The Lightbox Chobham Road Woking Surrey GU21 4AA

TREE/2026/8308Awaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 and T2: Willows - Cut back lower lateral stems by 3m and shapping into upper crown, canopies to boundary line of tarmac seating area (Works within Basingstoke Canal (East and West) conservation area)

Submitted
4 November 2026
Ward
Canalside
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at The Lightbox Chobham Road Woking Surrey GU21 4AA. Woking has handled 3,207 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 November 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Basingstoke Canal conservation area. 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.

Application details

Postcode
GU21 4AA
Parish
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Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
James Veats

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Basingstoke Canal

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, 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.

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