Planning application
St Andrews House West Street Woking Surrey GU21 6EB
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
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 of all floors of St Andrews House from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to provide 93 no. residential units.
As published by the council, reference PLAN/2024/0753
Application record
- Reference
- PLAN/2024/0753
- Type
- PA - COU commercial/service to dwellhs
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Prior Approval - Refused
- Received
- 17 Oct 2024
- Validated
- 17 Oct 2024
- Decided
- 5 Dec 2024
- 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 6EB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Woking register
This site has had 4 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 2 refused.
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PLAN/2026/0585 Decided
St Andrews House West Street Woking Surrey GU21 6EB
Application for prior approval under Part 20, Class AB of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for construction of one additional storey above the existing commercial building to provide 11 flats and cycle storage.
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PLAN/2026/0302 Refused
St Andrews House West Street Woking Surrey GU21 6EB
Application for prior approval under Part 20, Class AA of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for construction of one additional storey above the existing commercial building to provide 11 flats and cycle storage.
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PLAN/2024/0900 Granted
St Andrews House West Street Woking Surrey GU21 6EB
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 of all floors of St Andrews House from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to provide 93 no. residential units.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Oct 2024
Received by Woking
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5 Dec 2024
Decision issued: Prior Approval - Refused
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21 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
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Savills Limited Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 1987 · London
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See their track recordBMR Woking Ltd Applicant, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2024 · London
2 applications on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
45 documents on file for this application
- PRIOR APPROVAL - REFUSED
- APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT REPORT
- DELEGATION REPORT
- PRE-COMMENCEMENT CONDITION LETTER
- HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- COUNTY HIGHWAY AUTHORITY (CHA) (SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL)
- SITE NOTICE
- EXISTING LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- AMENDED EXISTING BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING NORTH ELEVATION
- EXISTING EAST ELEVATION
- EXISTING SOUTH ELEVATION
- EXISTING WEST ELEVATION
- EXISTING A-A SECTION
- AMENDED PROPOSED BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
- INTERNAL DAYLIGHT ASSESSMENT
- CIL FORM 1: CIL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FORM
- FIRE STATEMENT REPORT
- LOCAL LEAD FLOOD AUTHORITY (LLFA) (SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL)
- NEIGH. NOTIF. - STANDARD - LIST
- WORKSHEET FOR PLANNING APPLICATION
- CONTAMINATED LAND OFFICER
- AGENT COVERING LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - REDACTED
- PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED NORTH ELEVATION
- PROPOSED EAST ELEVATION
- PROPOSED SOUTH ELEVATION
- PROPOSED WEST ELEVATION
- PROPOSED A-A SECTION
- PROPOSED LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- SUPERSEDED PROPOSED BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
- SUPERSEDED EXISTING BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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