Planning application
Pearl Assurance House 28 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BW
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
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 services (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert the first and second floors of the subject building to form six self-contained residential flats.
As published by the council, reference PLAN/2025/0939
Application record
- Reference
- PLAN/2025/0939
- Type
- PA - COU commercial/service to dwellhs
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval - Approved
- Received
- 11 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 11 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 4 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 6BW
Site history
Applications at this address on the Woking register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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HABREG/2026/0001 Granted
Pearl Assurance House 28 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BW
Approval under Regulation 75 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for application ref: PLAN/2025/0939 (Application for Prior Approval under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) to convert the upper floors from commercial Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to form six self-contained residential flats).
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COND/2026/0011 Granted
Pearl Assurance House 28 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BW
Approval of details pursuant to conditions 3 (Noise), 4 (Refuse and Recycling) and 5 (Cycle Parking) of planning permission PLAN/2025/0939 for 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 services (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert the first and second floors of the subject building to form six self-contained residential flats.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Dec 2025
Received by Woking
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4 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval - Approved
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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2 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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HABREG/2026/0001 Granted
Pearl Assurance House 28 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BW
Approval under Regulation 75 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for application ref: PLAN/2025/0939 (Application for Prior Approval under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) to convert the upper floors from commercial Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to form six self-contained residential flats).
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COND/2026/0011 Granted
Pearl Assurance House 28 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BW
Approval of details pursuant to conditions 3 (Noise), 4 (Refuse and Recycling) and 5 (Cycle Parking) of planning permission PLAN/2025/0939 for 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 services (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert the first and second floors of the subject building to form six self-contained residential flats.
Who's behind it
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Comax Esates Limited Applicant
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37 documents on file for this application
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMENT
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATION REPORT
- APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT REPORT
- EXTENSION OF TIME GENERAL LETTER
- COUNTY HIGHWAYS
- LLFA DRAINAGE OFFICER LETTER
- CONTAMINATED LAND COMMENT
- NEIGH. NOTIF. - STANDARD - LIST
- WORKSHEET FOR PLANNING APPLICATION
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- HSWKG_E002_EXISTING_SIDE ELEVATION 1
- HSWKG_E003_EXISTING_SIDE ELEVATION 2
- HSWKG_L001_EXISTING_LOCATION PLANS
- HSWKG_P001_EXISTING_GROUND FLOOR
- HSWKG_P002_EXISTING_FIRST FLOOR
- HSWKG_P003_EXISTING_SECOND FLOOR
- HSWKG_P004_EXISTING_ROOF PLAN
- HSWKG_S001_EXISTING_SECTION AA
- HSWKG_S002_EXISTING_SECTION BB
- HSWKG_E001_EXISTING_FRONT ELEVATION
- HSWKG_P104_PROPOSED_ROOF PLAN
- HSWKG_S101_PROPOSED_SECTION AA
- HSWKG_S102_PROPOSED_SECTION BB
- HSWKG_E101_PROPOSED_FRONT ELEVATION
- HSWKG_E102_PROPOSED_SIDE ELEVATION 1
- HSWKG_E103_PROPOSED_SIDE ELEVATION 2
- HSWKG_L101_PROPOSED_LOCATION PLANS
- HSWKG_P101_PROPOSED_GROUND FLOOR
- HSWKG_P102_PROPOSED_FIRST FLOOR
- HSWKG_P103_PROPOSED_SECOND FLOOR
- CIL QUESTIONS - 28 HIGH STREET WOKING
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- APPENDIX 1 - CONTAMINATED LAND REPORT - 2 COMMERCIAL WAY AND 28 HIGH STREET
- APPENDIX 2 - ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT SURVEY - 28 HIGH STREET WOKING
- APPENDIX 3 - VALUATION OFFICE AGENCY - VOA - 28 HIGH STREET AND 2 COMMERCIAL WAY
- APPENDIX 4 - PUBLIC TRANSPORT - WOKING - 28 HIGH STREET WOKING
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Woking granted permission on 4 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.
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