Planning application
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
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 30x residential units.
As published by the council, reference PLAN/2025/0828
Application record
- Reference
- PLAN/2025/0828
- Type
- PA - COU commercial/service to dwellhs
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval - Refused
- Received
- 29 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 29 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 17 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Canalside
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- GU21 6DJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Woking register
This site has had 14 applications since 2025: 5 approved, 4 refused.
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COND/2026/0075 Awaiting decision
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Approval of details pursuant to Condition 5 (Management of Construction) and Condition 7 (Construction transport management Plan) of planning permission PLAN/2025/0876 (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 two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description).
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COND/2026/0076 Awaiting decision
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Approval of Details Pursuant to Condition 9 (Service and Deliveries Management Plan) to planning permission PLAN/2025/0876 (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 two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description).
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PLAN/2026/0349 Awaiting decision
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Change of use of part of the lower ground floor from ancillary parking (Use Class E) to 5 x residential units (Use Class C3), alterations to the south elevation and associated cycle and refuse storage. (Amended plans)
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HABREG/2026/0004 Awaiting decision
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Approval under Regulation 75 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for application ref: PLAN/2025/0335 (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 27x residential units).
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PLAN/2026/0229 Refused
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
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 30x residential units.
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PLAN/2026/0154 Granted
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Section 73 application for removal of Condition 11 (Retention of car park layout) of PLAN/1997/0834 (Outline application for erection of (3326 sq m-gross) 3 storey building comprising independent unit with flexible (Class A1,A2,A3,B1(a),D1 or D2) Use on part of ground floor, Office (Class B1(a)) Use o)
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PLAN/2026/0158 Granted
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Section 73 application for the Variation of Conditions 2 and 8 of PLAN/2025/0876 (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 two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description)) to allow for configurations of the approved layouts at the lower ground floor and basement level.
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HABREG/2026/0002 Awaiting decision
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Approval under Regulation 75 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for application ref: PLAN/2025/0876 (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 two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description)).
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PLAN/2026/0153 Refused
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Section 73 application for removal of Condition 4 (Use Class Restriction to Use Class e (c)) of PLAN/2025/0712 (Facade alterations and the creation of commercial floorspace (E Use Class) at lower ground floor level).
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PLAN/2025/0915 Refused
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
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 5x residential units.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Oct 2025
Received by Woking
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17 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval - Refused
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
37 documents on file for this application
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6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
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 two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description).
Granted Outline New dwelling 47 docs -
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
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Approval under Regulation 75 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for application ref: PLAN/2025/0876 (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 two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description)).
Awaiting decision New dwelling 5 docs -
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
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 5x residential units.
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6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
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 30x residential units.
Refused Outline 37 docs -
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
86% historically approved · decision due ~25 Jun
Approval under Regulation 75 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for application ref: PLAN/2025/0335 (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 27x residential units).
Awaiting decision 2 docs -
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Section 73 application for removal of Condition 11 (Retention of car park layout) of PLAN/1997/0834 (Outline application for erection of (3326 sq m-gross) 3 storey building comprising independent unit with flexible (Class A1,A2,A3,B1(a),D1 or D2) Use on part of ground floor, Office (Class B1(a)) Use o)
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