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Gorse Hill Hook Heath Road Woking Surrey GU22 0QF

Granted Woking PLAN/2025/0917 Full Planning Application

Works: Demolition Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing single storey structure and erection of new two-storey hotel accommodation building (Use Class C1), with associated hard and soft landscaping.

As published by the council, reference PLAN/2025/0917

Application record

Reference
PLAN/2025/0917
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Permitted
Received
23 Dec 2025
Validated
23 Dec 2025
Decided
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Heathlands
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 0QF

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Dec 2025

    Received by Woking

  2. 31 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Permitted

  3. 31 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Bidwells LLP Agent, registered in Cambridge

Active · incorporated 2009 · Cambridge

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Gorse Hill Hotel Ltd Applicant, registered in London

Active · incorporated 2016 · London

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Documents

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

45 documents on file for this application

  • APPR. - FULL - DECISION Decision · 31 Jul 2026
  • DELEGATION REPORT Report · 31 Jul 2026
  • AMENDED PROPOSED ELEVATION Plans · 01 Jun 2026
  • AMENDED PORPOSED SITE PLAN Plans · 01 Jun 2026
  • SCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 27 Apr 2026
  • SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST Consultee Comment · 09 Apr 2026
  • SCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 19 Feb 2026
  • HISTORIC ENGLAND COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 10 Feb 2026
  • TREE COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 10 Feb 2026
  • EH COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 10 Feb 2026
  • SITE NOTICE Background Papers · 19 Jan 2026
  • LOCAL LEAD FLOOD AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 14 Jan 2026
  • PUBLIC NOTICE Background Papers · 14 Jan 2026
  • HISTORIC BUILDING OFFICER Consultee Comment · 13 Jan 2026
  • UPDATED DRAINAGE DRAWING Plans · 08 Jan 2026
  • PLANT ROOM - FLOOR PLAN AND ELEVATIONS Plans · 08 Jan 2026
  • PROPOSED SECTIONS Plans · 08 Jan 2026
  • NEIGH. NOTIF. - STANDARD - LIST Neighbour Notification List · 08 Jan 2026
  • WORKSHEET FOR PLANNING APPLICATION Correspondence · 08 Jan 2026
  • APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 03 Dec 2025
  • PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN PL01 Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • SUPERSEDED PROPOSED ROOF PLAN PL03 Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • SUPERSEDED PROPOSED SECTIONS PL05 Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • PROPOSED SITE PLAN PL-SP-PR B Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • SITE LOCATION PLAN PL-SLP B Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • EXISTING FLOOR PLAN AND ELEVATIONS PL06 A Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • EXISTING SITE PLAN PL-SP-EX B Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • INDICATIVE LANDSCAPE PLAN MLA100649-A1-1200_REV C Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • INDICATIVE PLANTING TYPOLOGIES PLAN MLA100649-A1-1201_REV C Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • PILING LAYOUT 5328 P01E Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • PROPOSED ELEVATIONS PL04 Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN PL02 Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • PLANNING STATEMENT Plans · 03 Dec 2025
  • PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL Background Papers · 03 Dec 2025
  • ROOT INVESTIGATION Background Papers · 03 Dec 2025
  • SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION CHECKLIST Background Papers · 03 Dec 2025
  • TRANSPORT STATEMENT Background Papers · 03 Dec 2025
  • ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 03 Dec 2025
  • BNG CALCULATION REPORT Report · 03 Dec 2025
  • DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Background Papers · 03 Dec 2025
  • ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFIT STATEMENT Background Papers · 03 Dec 2025
  • ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT Background Papers · 03 Dec 2025
  • HERITAGE STATEMENT Background Papers · 03 Dec 2025
  • LANDSCAPE VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 03 Dec 2025
  • BNG STATUTORY METRIC_GORSE HILL HOTEL MACRO DISABLED Background Papers · 03 Dec 2025

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What this grant of permission means

Woking granted permission on 31 July 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.

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