Planning application
Lion House 147 Oriental Road Woking Surrey GU22 8AP
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 from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to provide 25x residential units. (Amended Description).
As published by the council, reference PLAN/2025/0751
Application record
- Reference
- PLAN/2025/0751
- Type
- PA - COU commercial/service to dwellhs
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Prior Approval - Refused
- Received
- 26 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 26 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 19 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Mount Hermon
- 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
- GU22 8AP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Woking register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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PLAN/2026/0064 Granted
Lion House 147 Oriental Road Woking Surrey GU22 8AP
Demolition of the existing building and construction of a 76-bed care home for older people (use class C2) with associated works, car/cycle parking, amenity space and landscaping.
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PLAN/2025/0969 Granted
Lion House 147 Oriental Road Woking Surrey GU22 8AP
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 Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to provide 23x residential units. (Amended Description).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Sep 2025
Received by Woking
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19 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval - Refused
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12 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Woolf Bond Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Kenilworth
Active · incorporated 2024 · Kenilworth
79 applications on PlanIndex · across 26 councils · 63% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
37 documents on file for this application
- PRIOR APPROVAL REFUSED
- DELEGATION REPORT
- APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT REPORT
- SCC HIGHWAYS
- COUNTY HIGHWAY AUTHORITY (SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL).
- PPM PLANNING LTD
- PPM PLANNING LTD
- HASEENA RIAZ
- MRS MARIANNE MEINKE-NEUTRAL(FULL)
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- FLOOD RISK, PLANNING, AND CONSENTING TEAM
- 1051 - 014B - PROPOSED EAST & WEST ELEVATIONS
- 1051 - 016C - PROPOSED AREA SCHEDULE
- 1051 - 012C - PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- 1051 - 013B - PROPOSED NORTH & SOUTH ELEVATIONS
- 1051 - 011C - PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- CRITICAL DRAINAGE OFFICER
- CONTAMINATED LAND OFFICER
- THAMES WATER
- AMENDED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- NEIGH. NOTIF. - STANDARD - LIST
- WORKSHEET FOR PLANNING APPLICATION
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- 1051 - 011 - PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- 1051 - 012 - PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- 1051 - 015 - PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- 1051 - 013 - PROPOSED NS ELEVATIONS
- 1051 - 014 - PROPOSED EW ELEVATIONS
- 1051 - 005 - EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- 1051 - 006 - EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- 1051 - 009 - EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- 1051 - 007 - EXISTING NS ELEVATIONS
- 1051 - 008 - EXISTING EW ELEVATIONS
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- 1051 - 016 - PROPOSED AREA SCHEDULE
- 1051 - 001B - LOCATION BLOCK PLAN
- PLANNING STATEMENT
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