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Houseboat Morpheus Hermitage Bridge Hermitage Road St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 8XP

Refused Woking PLAN/2026/0056 Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of Existing Lawful Development to establish whether the existing wooden outbuilding is immune from enforcement.

As published by the council, reference PLAN/2026/0056

Application record

Reference
PLAN/2026/0056
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
26 Jan 2026
Validated
26 Jan 2026
Decided
23 Mar 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
GU21 8XP

Site history

Applications at this address on the Woking register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 0 approved, 2 refused.

  • PLAN/2026/0307 Refused

    Houseboat Morpheus Hermitage Bridge Hermitage Road St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 8XP

    Retrospective application for an outbuilding.

    Decided 17 Jun 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Jan 2026

    Received by Woking

  2. 23 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Application: PLAN/2014/1190 (Decided)

Documents

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

20 documents on file for this application

  • REFU. - COLD - EXISTING Decision · 23 Mar 2026
  • DELEGATION REPORT Report · 23 Mar 2026
  • FORESTRY COMMISSION Consultee Comment · 03 Feb 2026
  • NEIGH. NOTIF. - STANDARD - LIST Neighbour Notification List · 27 Jan 2026
  • WORKSHEET FOR PLANNING APPLICATION Correspondence · 27 Jan 2026
  • APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 23 Jan 2026
  • PLAN_2014_1190-APPROVED_-_FULL_-_DECISION-304265 Background Papers · 23 Jan 2026
  • OUTBUILDING DATED Photo · 23 Jan 2026
  • OUTBUILDING SHED 1 Photo · 23 Jan 2026
  • APPEAL PICTURES REDACTED PDF Photo · 23 Jan 2026
  • OUTBUILDING Photo · 23 Jan 2026
  • OUTBUILDING Photo · 23 Jan 2026
  • PLAN_2014_1190-LETTER_ENCLOSING_INFORMATION-297017-1 Background Papers · 23 Jan 2026
  • PLAN_2014_1190-DELEGATION_REPORT-304955 Background Papers · 23 Jan 2026
  • OUTBUILDING Photo · 23 Jan 2026
  • SCREENSHOT_20260122_232745_ADOBE ACROBAT Background Papers · 23 Jan 2026
  • PLAN_2025_0363-PARKING-1131323 Plans · 23 Jan 2026
  • OUTBUILDING Photo · 23 Jan 2026
  • OUTBUILDING Photo · 23 Jan 2026
  • HERITAGE Photo · 23 Jan 2026

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What this refusal means

Woking refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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

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    PLAN/2026/0307 Submitted 22 Apr 2026 50 yards away

    Retrospective application for an outbuilding.

    Refused Full applications 12 docs

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In Woking

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    Received 29 Apr, published by the council 31 Jul 2026 Lawful development
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