Land South Of Hoe Valley School And East Of Railway Tracks Egley Road Woking Surrey GU22 0NH Data via plota.co.uk

PLAN/2025/0896 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Redevelopment of the land for the erection of 74 dwellings (37 market dwellings and 37 affordable dwellings) (C3 Use Class) together with vehicular access, public open space, landscaping and Sustainable urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) and other associated works following demolition of the existing gymnastics building (Amended Plans). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 25 Nov 2025
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Approved
16 Jun 2026

Approved on 16 Jun 2026 · Planning committee · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Woking Planning Committee on 2 Jun 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the allocated-site scheme provided 74 homes, 50% affordable housing and public benefits without significant adverse impacts.
  • Residents raised concerns about character, traffic, residential amenity, ecology, flooding and infrastructure, while consultees generally supported approval subject to safeguards.
  • The committee granted permission subject to conditions, amended conditions and a legal agreement after discussing local concerns and policy compliance.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public concerns, committee debate and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Woking's committee minutes of 2 Jun 2026.

Documents 140

Statements & assessments 29

PDF LOCAL LEAD FLOOD AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 21 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF TN & SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PLAN Report · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF RESPONSE FROM ARBORICULTURAL OFFICER Consultee Comment · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCAL LEAD FLOOD AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT. 191125 FINAL Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ITB19478-007A TRAVEL STATEMENT Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ITB19478-005C TRANSPORT STATEMENT - PART 3 Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ITB19478-005C TRANSPORT STATEMENT - PART 4 Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ITB19478-005C TRANSPORT STATEMENT - PART 1 Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ITB19478-005C TRANSPORT STATEMENT - PART 2 Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LAND SOUTH OF HOE VALLEY SCHOOL MAYFORD - STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF R10995-3 REV 0 EGLEY ROAD MAYFORD - NOISE AND VIBRATION ASSESSMENT Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY ( SECTION 3 OF 8) Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY ( SECTION 4 OF 8) Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY ( SECTION 5 OF 8) Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY ( SECTION 6 OF 8) Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY ( SECTION 7 OF 8) Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY ( SECTION 8 OF 8) Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY ( SECTION 1 OF 8) Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY ( SECTION 2 OF 8) Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF MAYFORD WOKING - CALA HOMES STATEMENT V3 Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 6768_04_ECIA-COMPRESSED ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 6768_05_BNG DESIGN STAGE BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 6768_03_SHRA HABITAT REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 7566 - D05C - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT-38-59 Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 7566 - D05C - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT-1-28 Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 7566 - D05C - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT-34-37 Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 7566 - D05C - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT-29-33 Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 17130A-10-R01-01-F01 AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT Report · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 94

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PDF AMENDED RESPONSE FROM SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST (AMENDED) Consultee Comment · 11 Mar 2026 View ↗
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PDF UPDATED SCC HIGHWAYS COMMENT Consultee Comment · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗
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PDF SURREY POLICE AND SUSSEX POLICE Consultee Comment · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF ADDENDUM SURREY POLICE AND SUSSEX POLICE Consultee Comment · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF ADDENDUM SURREY POLICE AND SUSSEX POLICE Consultee Comment · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF ADDENDUM SURREY POLICE AND SUSSEX POLICE Consultee Comment · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF ADDENDUM SURREY POLICE AND SUSSEX POLICE Consultee Comment · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF ADDENDUM SURREY POLICE AND SUSSEX POLICE Consultee Comment · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗
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PDF NATURAL ENGLAND Consultee Comment · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF SCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF THAMES WATER Consultee Comment · 21 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF REVISED RESPONSE FROM SCIENTIFIC OFFICER (REVISED) Consultee Comment · 21 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF RESPONSE FROM HOUSING SERVICES Consultee Comment · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF RESPONSE FROM SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST Consultee Comment · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF SCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗
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PDF NETWORK RAIL Consultee Comment · 6 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF NETWORK RAIL Consultee Comment · 6 Jan 2026 View ↗
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PDF ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Consultee Comment · 4 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF SCC ARCHAEOLOGIST Consultee Comment · 4 Dec 2025 View ↗
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All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 370 m away: Mayford Meadows; Priority habitat 21 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 9 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Woking
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
GU22 0NH
Received
around 25 Nov 2025
Validated
25 Nov 2025
Ward
Heathlands
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Feb 2026
Decision
Permitted subject to s106 Agreement
Decision date
16 Jun 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Applicant
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Agent
Laura Bheenick

How this decision compares

Decided in 203 days from validation, 133 days slower than Woking's median of 70 for full applications. Approved, as 75% of full applications here are.

32%decided within 8 weeks
75%approved
11%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Woking in the last twelve months, from validation. Woking decision record →

Public comments

53comments received
52 objecting1 neutral

98% object · above the UK average of 74%

245 neighbours consulted · Last counted 9 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
19 Dec 2025
Committee
2 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No
Woking
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#234 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Woking is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #217 out of 296. Woking is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 84% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Woking decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #254 of 296
84%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #258 of 296
54%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #217 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #136 of 296
55%
Minor dwellings approved
40 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
1 decided (10+ homes)
72%
Change of use approved
18 decided
736
Total decisions
133 refused in the year to March 2026