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
- Prior Approval - Approved
- Received
- 11 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 11 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 4 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Canalside
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- GU21 6BW
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
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
37 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About outline applications
How this application type works
An outline application tests the principle of developing a site before the detail is worked up. Some or all of the particulars, such as appearance, layout, scale, access and landscaping, are held back as reserved matters for later approval. Permission at outline stage does not by itself allow building to start; the reserved matters must be approved first.
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