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20 Oak Tree Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2SB

Awaiting decision Woking PLAN/2026/0017 Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use

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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use to establish whether the use of the building as a House in Multiple Occupancy (HMO) Sui Generis Use Class began more than 10 years before the date of this application.

As published by the council, reference PLAN/2026/0017

Application record

Reference
PLAN/2026/0017
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
20 Jan 2026
Validated
20 Jan 2026
Ward
Knaphill
Postcode
GU21 2SB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Woking register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026.

  • PLAN/2026/0674 Awaiting decision

    20 Oak Tree Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2SB

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use to establish whether the use of the building as a House in Multiple Occupancy (HMO) Sui Generis Use Class began more than 10 years before the date of this application.

    Submitted 6 Oct 2026

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Jan 2026

    Received by Woking

  2. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 17 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Woking took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

24 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Woking for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Woking decided lawful development applications in a median of 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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