Planning application
Pearl Assurance House 28 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BW
Works: New dwelling
Relates to PLAN/2025/0939
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Approval under Regulation 75 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for application ref: PLAN/2025/0939 (Application for Prior Approval under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) to convert the upper floors from commercial Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to form six self-contained residential flats).
As published by the council, reference HABREG/2026/0001
Application record
- Reference
- HABREG/2026/0001
- Type
- Regulation 75 - 2017 Habitat regulations
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 26 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 26 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 31 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Canalside
- Parish
- Not Available, if this is a comment please see the Documents Tab
- Decision by
- Not Available, if this is a comment please see the Documents Tab
- Postcode
- GU21 6BW
Site history
Applications at this address on the Woking register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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COND/2026/0011 Granted
Pearl Assurance House 28 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BW
Approval of details pursuant to conditions 3 (Noise), 4 (Refuse and Recycling) and 5 (Cycle Parking) of planning permission PLAN/2025/0939 for Prior Approval under the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use from Commercial, business and services (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert the first and second floors of the subject building to form six self-contained residential flats.
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PLAN/2025/0939 Granted
Pearl Assurance House 28 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BW
Prior Approval under the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use from Commercial, business and services (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert the first and second floors of the subject building to form six self-contained residential flats.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Feb 2026
Received by Woking
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31 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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PLAN/2025/0939 Granted
Pearl Assurance House 28 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BW
Prior Approval under the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use from Commercial, business and services (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert the first and second floors of the subject building to form six self-contained residential flats.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
- DECISION LETTER
- S106 LEGAL AGREEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Woking granted permission on 31 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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