Planning application
Crown Place Chertsey Road Woking Surrey GU21 5AJ
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
- Not Available, if this is a comment please see the Documents Tab
- 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)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
21 Nov 2025
Received by Woking
-
27 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
-
12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Carter Jonas LLP Agent
1,099 applications on PlanIndex · across 146 councils · 89% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordJRL Group Applicant, registered in Borehamwood
Active · incorporated 2008 · Borehamwood
1 application on PlanIndex
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATION REPORT
- APPR. - COLD - EXISTING
- STATUTORY DECLARATION
- NEIGHBOUR OBJECTION - ANTHONY FRASER
- WORKSHEET FOR PLANNING APPLICATION
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- SITE PHOTOS CROWN PLACE
- CROWN PLACE - SITE PHOTOS - POST WORKS -31.10.25
- CROWN PLACE - DEMO LOCATION PLAN - JRLD 16.09.25
- COL COVERING LETTER 071125
- CROWN PLACE - SITE PHOTOS - PRE WORKS - 20.10.25
- LETTER OF INTENT - CROWN PLACE 16.10.25
- JRL DEMOLITION - CROWN PLACE LETTER - 07.11.25
- SITE LOCATION PLAN(8228963.1)
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
-
Big Apple Chertsey Road Woking Surrey GU21 5AJ
94% historically approved · decision due ~5 Aug
Approval of Details pursuant to Condition 10 (Footbridge) to planning permission 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).
Awaiting decision Conditions Demolition 3 docs -
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)
Granted Conditions Demolition 9 docs -
Big Apple Chertsey Road Woking Surrey GU21 5AJ
Approval of details pursuant to condition 32 (Combined Heat and Power Network) of planning permission PLAN/2019/1141 for 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.
Granted Conditions Demolition 4 docs -
Big Apple Chertsey Road Woking Surrey GU21 5AJ
Approval of details pursuant to condition 36 (Contaminated Land Site Investigation Proposal) of planning permission PLAN/2019/1141 for 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.
Granted Conditions Demolition 5 docs -
O Neills Chobham Road Woking Surrey GU21 6HR
Display of 3x internally illuminated fascia signs, 2x internally illuminated projecting signs and a digital screen.
Granted -
Former BHS 81 Commercial Way Woking Surrey GU21 6HR
Consultation from Woking Borough Council on: Demolition of existing building and redevelopment of the site to create a residential-led development comprising up to 272 apartments (Use Class C3) and up to 550 sq.m. of retail and commercial floorspace (Use Class E) at ground level, shared residential amenity spaces, building management facilities, plant space, refuse and cycle stores, in a building which ranges in height from a single storey ground floor (with mezzanine in the central block) to a ground floor with a maximum of 25 storeys above. Works to create new public realm within and highway works to Church Path, Church Street East, Chobham Road and Commercial Way, including alterations to and provision of new parking, servicing and delivery bays (Environmental Statement submitted).
Granted Outline New dwelling Demolition 2 docsMajor scheme
Other lawful development applications
In Woking
-
PLAN/2026/0511 Awaiting decision
20 Cornwall Avenue Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7EX
Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for a rear outbuilding.
-
PLAN/2026/0305 Granted
Willow Grange Broomcroft Drive Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8NS
Certificate of Existing Lawful Development to demonstrate the use of the property as a Care Home (C2) is lawful.
-
PLAN/2026/0346 Refused
Well Cottage Hook Heath Road Woking Surrey GU22 0QF
Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for a single-storey rear extension.
-
PLAN/2026/0324 Granted
31 Hillside Woking Surrey GU22 0NF
Certificate of Existing Lawful Development for a detached outbuilding in the rear garden at 31 Hillside.
-
PLAN/2026/0219 Granted
1 Old Sun Cottages Pyrford Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6RQ
Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for the creation of new vehicular access from Pyrford Road together with laying of resin bound driveway to front and side to enable parking.