Westfield Football Club Kingfield Road Kingfield Woking Surrey GU22 9BA Data via plota.co.uk

PLAN/2025/0641 - Full Planning Application Approved at committee

Approved at planning committee on 9 December 2025, subject to a legal agreement. The council issues its decision notice once the agreement is signed.

Proposal

Installation of artificial grass (3G) sports pitch in place of the existing natural grass pitch. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
around 21 Aug 2025
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Committee
9 Dec 2025
Decision notice
Not issued yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 433.

The consultation period closed on 24 Sept 2025.

Planning committee

Decided by Woking Planning Committee on 9 Dec 2025. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the pitch would provide sporting benefits, retain floodlighting safeguards and achieve biodiversity, drainage and highway requirements.
  • An objector raised concerns about increased use, noise, lighting, flooding, biodiversity, construction impacts and transparency; a supporter spoke in favour.
  • The committee granted permission subject to conditions and a unilateral undertaking securing biodiversity management and monitoring.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee discussion, decision and conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Woking's committee minutes of 9 Dec 2025.

Documents 26

Consultation & comments 11

PDF RESPONSE FROM SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST Consultee Comment · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF RESPONSE FROM LLFA Consultee Comment · 4 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 12 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 11 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF SCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF RESPONSE FROM COUNCIL'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TEAM Consultee Comment · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGH. NOTIF. - STANDARD - LIST Neighbour Notification List · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Woking built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 16 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 9BA
Received
around 21 Aug 2025
Validated
21 Aug 2025
Ward
Hoe Valley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Oct 2025
Applicant
Show
Agent
allPlanning

Decision outlook

Day 433, past the statutory target. 83% of full applications in Woking are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 26 Oct 2026.

Day 433377 days past the 56-day target
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

6comments received
5 objecting1 neutral

83% object · above the UK average of 74%

14 neighbours consulted · Last counted 26 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
24 Sept 2025
Committee
9 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
16 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
Woking
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#234 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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