Planning application
3 - 12 High Street Woking Surrey
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Non-material amendment to planning permission ref: PLAN/2023/0645 dated 23.05.2025 (Partial demolition of 3-5 High Street, demolition and reinstatement of facade of 6-7 High Street, demolition of 8-12 High Street and redevelopment of the site to create a shared living building (sui-generis use) which ranges in height from two and three storeys (plus basement), to eight and nine storeys (plus basement), to fourteen to seventeen storeys (plus basement), including commercial floorspace [Use Class E], plant, refuse, bicycle store and associated highway works, including alterations to rear service access (Environmental Statement submitted) for design development changes (please refer to accompanying design document).
As published by the council, reference AMEND/2025/0029
Application record
- Reference
- AMEND/2025/0029
- Type
- Minor Amendments
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 7 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 7 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 21 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Canalside
- Decision by
- Delegated
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Oct 2025
Received by Woking
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21 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Permitted
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
53 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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Approval of details pursuant to conditions 07 (Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)) and 12 (Construction Transport Management Plan (CTMP)) of planning permission ref: PLAN/2023/0645 dated 23.05.2025 (Partial demolition of 3-5 High Street, demolition and reinstatement of facade of 6-7 High Street, demolition of 8-12 High Street and redevelopment of the site to create a shared living building (sui-generis use) which ranges in height from two and three storeys (plus basement), to eight and nine storeys (plus basement), to fourteen to seventeen storeys (plus basement), including commercial floorspace [Use Class E], plant, refuse, bicycle store and associated highway works, including alterations to rear service access).
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Approval of details pursuant to conditions 28 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan, LEMP), 30 (Surface Water SuDS), 34 (Piling Method Statement) and 51 (Piling Risk Assessment) of planning permission ref: PLAN/2023/0645 dated 23.05.2025 (Partial demolition of 3-5 High Street, demolition and reinstatement of facade of 6-7 High Street, demolition of 8-12 High Street and redevelopment of the site to create a shared living building (sui-generis use) which ranges in height from two and three storeys (plus basement), to eight and nine storeys (plus basement), to fourteen to seventeen storeys (plus basement), including commercial floorspace [Use Class E], plant, refuse, bicycle store and associated highway works, including alterations to rear service access).
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Awaiting decision Conditions Demolition 9 docs -
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