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Crown Place Chertsey Road Woking Surrey GU21 5AJ

Granted Woking PLAN/2025/0891 Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use

Works: Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Certificate of Existing Lawful Development to confirm whether material operations comprising demolition have been carried out in accordance with planning permission ref: PLAN/2019/1141 (granted on appeal on 3rd November 2022 - Appeal Ref: APP/A3655/W/20/3259819) (Demolition of all existing buildings including existing footbridge to Victoria Way Car Park and redevelopment of site to provide a new building ranging from 5x to 28x storeys plus basement level comprising up to 366x residential units (Use Class C3), commercial (Use Classes A1/A2/A3) and community uses (Use Classes D1/D2) at ground floor and first floor level and associated internal and external amenity spaces, basement level car parking, cycle parking, bin storage, ancillary facilities, plant, new public realm, landscaping and highway works)

As published by the council, reference PLAN/2025/0891

Application record

Reference
PLAN/2025/0891
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Permitted
Received
21 Nov 2025
Validated
21 Nov 2025
Decided
27 Feb 2026
Ward
Canalside
Parish
Not Available, if this is a comment please see the Documents Tab
Decision by
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Postcode
GU21 5AJ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Woking register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • COND/2025/0095 Granted

    Crown Place Chertsey Road Woking Surrey GU21 5AJ

    Approval of details pursuant to Condition 14 (Demolition and Construction Method Statement) of permission ref: PLAN/2019/1141 (Demolition of all existing buildings including existing footbridge to Victoria Way Car Park and redevelopment of site to provide a new building ranging from 5x to 28x storeys plus basement level comprising up to 366x residential units (Use Class C3), commercial (Use Classes A1/A2/A3) and community uses (Use Classes D1/D2) at ground floor and first floor level and associated internal and external amenity spaces, basement level car parking, cycle parking, bin storage, ancillary facilities, plant, new public realm, landscaping and highway works) (allowed at appeal on 03.11.2022 ref: APP/A3655/W/20/3259819)

    Decided 25 Sep 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Nov 2025

    Received by Woking

  2. 27 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Permitted

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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Carter Jonas LLP Agent

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Documents

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

14 documents on file for this application

  • DELEGATION REPORT Report · 27 Feb 2026
  • APPR. - COLD - EXISTING Decision · 27 Feb 2026
  • STATUTORY DECLARATION Background Papers · 09 Feb 2026
  • NEIGHBOUR OBJECTION - ANTHONY FRASER Public Comment · 30 Jan 2026
  • WORKSHEET FOR PLANNING APPLICATION Correspondence · 02 Dec 2025
  • APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 21 Nov 2025
  • SITE PHOTOS CROWN PLACE Photo · 21 Nov 2025
  • CROWN PLACE - SITE PHOTOS - POST WORKS -31.10.25 Photo · 21 Nov 2025
  • CROWN PLACE - DEMO LOCATION PLAN - JRLD 16.09.25 Plans · 21 Nov 2025
  • COL COVERING LETTER 071125 Correspondence · 21 Nov 2025
  • CROWN PLACE - SITE PHOTOS - PRE WORKS - 20.10.25 Photo · 21 Nov 2025
  • LETTER OF INTENT - CROWN PLACE 16.10.25 Background Papers · 21 Nov 2025
  • JRL DEMOLITION - CROWN PLACE LETTER - 07.11.25 Background Papers · 21 Nov 2025
  • SITE LOCATION PLAN(8228963.1) Plans · 21 Nov 2025

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What this grant of permission means

Woking granted permission on 27 February 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.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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