Woking planning news
Woking planning news, newest first: applications, appeals and committee decisions, each story linked back to the council file.
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Crown Place Woking: Tower Seeks to Drop Community Space
The 28-storey Crown Place scheme on Chertsey Road wants its community floors changed, a Brookwood office could become 14 homes, and 31 more Woking applications.
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Planning
Woking Planning: Councillor Call-Ins End on 31 October
From 31 October Woking councillors lose the power to call in extensions and small housing schemes. Officers must decide them under new national rules.
Local Plan
Woking Local Plan: 46% Reject the Land-Use Priorities
779 responses to Woking's Local Plan consultation: 81% back the vision, but more rejected the land-use priorities than backed them. Green Belt was the top worry.
Planning
Woking Planning Applications: 7-Bed HMO, Two New Pavilions
26 new Woking planning applications: a 7-bedroom HMO on Board School Road, two sports pavilions, Woking High School classrooms. Comment deadlines from 5 October.
Planning
Cornerstone Woking: Games Room Could Become Four Flats
The council's own housing company wants The Cornerstone's unused games room, library and kitchen turned into four studio flats. Comments close 5 October.
Woking
Woking Lidl Refused: Quadrant Court Could Hold 45 Homes
Woking refused Lidl's Quadrant Court store on 4 September. A single-storey shop with a 117-space car park wastes a town centre site, officers ruled.
Sheerwater
Spencer Close Sheerwater: 18 Flats to Go, Road Approved
Permission granted 15 September to demolish a boarded-up Spencer Close block, empty since June 2022, for an 83-metre road. The council now plans to take the road on.
Woking
Woking Care Home: 76 Beds to Replace 1970s Lion House
Officers backed a 76-bed care home on Oriental Road, next to the Grade I listed Shah Jahan Mosque. The register still records no decision six days on.
Horsell
Horsell Cricket Club Padel Plan: Lights On Until 10pm
A covered, floodlit padel court is proposed at Woking and Horsell Cricket Club with no car parking at all. Comments close on Friday 18 September.
West Byfleet
West Byfleet Library: Permission to Stay Runs Out Today
The library's five-year temporary consent at the Old Sorting Office expires on 26 August. Surrey County Council wants another year while Botanical Place is fitted out.
Planning
Woking 24-Storey Tower Plan: 585 Units, Comments by 8 Sep
Two linked towers of 16 and 24 storeys with 585 units are proposed for cleared land off Chobham Road. No affordable housing is committed. Comments close 8 September.
Planning
Woking Conservation Area Could Grow: Have Your Say by 31 Aug
The council wants to add Commercial Buildings (63 to 75 Commercial Way) to the town centre conservation area. Comments close 31 August: what the three draft appraisals propose.