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35 Highclere Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PN

Refused Woking PLAN/2025/0839 Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use

Works: Extension Loft or dormer Windows or glazing

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for hip to gable roof extension and rear dormer. Alterations to fenestration and insertion of front rooflights.

As published by the council, reference PLAN/2025/0839

Application record

Reference
PLAN/2025/0839
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
3 Nov 2025
Validated
3 Nov 2025
Decided
17 Dec 2025
Ward
Knaphill
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
GU21 2PN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Nov 2025

    Received by Woking

  2. 17 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, registered in Grantham

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

5 documents on file for this application

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

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