Planning application
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
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 Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to provide 30x residential units.
As published by the council, reference PLAN/2026/0229
Application record
- Reference
- PLAN/2026/0229
- Type
- PA - COU commercial/service to dwellhs
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Prior Approval - Refused
- Received
- 18 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 18 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 12 May 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 6DJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Woking register
This site has had 17 applications since 2025: 8 approved, 5 refused.
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COND/2026/0114 Awaiting decision
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Approval of details pursuant to Condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission PLAN/2025/0876 for Prior approval under Part 20, Class AA of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for construction of two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description).
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COND/2026/0105 Awaiting decision
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Approval of details pursuant to Condition 10 (Sustainable Transport) to PLAN/2025/0876 (Prior approval under Part 20, Class AA of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for construction of two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description).
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COND/2026/0100 Awaiting decision
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Approval of details pursuant to Condition 8 (Bin and Cycle Stores) of planning permission PLAN/2025/0876 for Prior approval under Part 20, Class AA of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for construction of two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description).
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COND/2026/0075 Granted
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Approval of details pursuant to Condition 5 (Management of Construction) and Condition 7 (Construction transport management Plan) of planning permission PLAN/2025/0876 (Prior approval under Part 20, Class AA of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for construction of two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description).
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COND/2026/0076 Granted
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Approval of Details Pursuant to Condition 9 (Service and Deliveries Management Plan) to planning permission PLAN/2025/0876 (Prior approval under Part 20, Class AA of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for construction of two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description).
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PLAN/2026/0349 Refused
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Change of use of part of the lower ground floor from ancillary parking (Use Class E) to 5 x residential units (Use Class C3), alterations to the south elevation and associated cycle and refuse storage. (Amended plans)
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HABREG/2026/0004 Awaiting decision
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Approval under Regulation 75 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for application ref: PLAN/2025/0335 (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 Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to provide 27x residential units).
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PLAN/2026/0154 Granted
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Section 73 application for removal of Condition 11 (Retention of car park layout) of PLAN/1997/0834 (Outline application for erection of (3326 sq m-gross) 3 storey building comprising independent unit with flexible (Class A1,A2,A3,B1(a),D1 or D2) Use on part of ground floor, Office (Class B1(a)) Use o)
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PLAN/2026/0158 Granted
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Section 73 application for the Variation of Conditions 2 and 8 of PLAN/2025/0876 (Prior approval under Part 20, Class AA of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for construction of two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description)) to allow for configurations of the approved layouts at the lower ground floor and basement level.
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HABREG/2026/0002 Granted
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Approval under Regulation 75 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for application ref: PLAN/2025/0876 (Prior approval under Part 20, Class AA of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for construction of two additional storeys above the existing commercial building to provide 22x flats (Amended plans and Description)).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Mar 2026
Received by Woking
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12 May 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval - Refused
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11 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
BMR Epsom Ltd Applicant, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2024 · London
9 applications on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
37 documents on file for this application
- DECISION - PRIOR APPROVAL REFUSED
- APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT REPORT
- DELEGATED REPORT
- MINERALS AND WASTE
- SCC HIGHWAYS
- UPDATED DRAINAGE OFFICER
- DRAINAGE OFFICER
- NEIGH. NOTIF. - STANDARD - LIST
- WORKSHEET FOR PLANNING APPLICATION
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- COVERING LETTER
- 001 EXISTING LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- 005 EXISTING BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
- 006 EXISTING LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- 007 EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- 008A EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- 009A EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- 020 EXISTING NORTH ELEVATION
- 021 EXISTING EAST ELEVATION
- 022 EXISTING SOUTH ELEVATION
- 025 EXISTING INTERNAL ELEVATIONS
- 030 EXISTING A-A SECTION
- 101 PROPOSED LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- 105H PROPOSED BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
- 106K PROPOSED LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- 107B PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- 108K PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- 109L PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- 120 PROPOSED NORTH ELEVATION
- 121 PROPOSED EAST ELEVATION
- 122 PROPOSED SOUTH ELEVATION
- 125 PROPOSED INTERNAL ELEVATIONS
- 130 PROPOSED A-A SECTION
- 6840 - INTERNAL DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT ASSESSMENT - ISSUED 27.01.26
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PLAN_2025_0335-TRANSPORT_STATEMENT-PAGES-1-1108642
- PLAN_2025_0335-TRANSPORT_STATEMENT-PAGES-2-1108057
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