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PLAN/2025/0745 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings on site. Redevelopment of the site to provide a self storage facility (Class B8) alongside associated access works, car parking, landscaping and other works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 24 Sept 2025
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Approved
20 Jan 2026

Approved on 20 Jan 2026 · Planning committee · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Woking Planning Committee on 10 Mar 2026.

Approved

  • Officers advised approval because the scheme would modernise employment space, support businesses and avoid significant harm, subject to conditions and an agreement.
  • Twenty-one of 23 representations supported the proposal, citing improvements to appearance, safety, access and neighbours’ concerns.
  • The committee altered its resolution and authorised permission subject to a legal agreement, transfer of the land and the original conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposed facility, site history, officer assessment, consultation responses and committee decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Woking's committee minutes of 10 Mar 2026.

Documents 78

Statements & assessments 32

PDF AMENDED BNG METRIC Report · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF AMENDED BNG ASSESSMENT Report · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF AMENDED ARBORICULTRAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT & METHOD STATEMENT Report · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT NOTE Report · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF AMENDED NOISE ASESSMENT Report · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT NOTE Report · 6 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENTAND GEO- ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PART 2 - PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENTAND GEO- ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PART 3 - PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENTAND GEO- ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF DAYLIGHT SUNLIGHT ASSESSMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF FRA AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY PART1 Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF CCTV DRAINAGE REPORT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF FRA AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY PART3 Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED BNG METRIC CALCULATION Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED BNG REPORT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT STATEMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF EXTERNAL LIGHTING ASSESSMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF NOISE ASSESSMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC STATEMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF BREEAM PRE-ASSESSMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PART1 - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PART2 - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PART3 - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PART4 - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PART5 - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PART6 - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PART7 - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PART8 - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Report · 23 Sept 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 32

PDF BCA Consultee Comment · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF UPDATED LLFA COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF SCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF BCA RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 22 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF NATIONAL GRID Consultee Comment · 22 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 22 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 22 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 21 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 21 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 19 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 19 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 19 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 19 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 19 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 19 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 18 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 16 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 16 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF AFFINITY WATER Consultee Comment · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 10 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF THAMES WATER Consultee Comment · 10 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 10 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF THAMES WATER Consultee Comment · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGH. NOTIF. - STANDARD - LIST Neighbour Notification List · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Conservation area 23 m away: Basingstoke Canal
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Also on the record
Inside the Woking built-up area; Priority habitat 23 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 13 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
Received
around 24 Sept 2025
Validated
24 Sept 2025
Ward
St Johns
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Dec 2025
Decision
Permitted subject to s106 Agreement
Decision date
20 Jan 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Applicant
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Agent
Planning Potential Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 118 days from validation, 48 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

22comments received
22 supporting

100% support · above the UK average of 16%

287 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
22 Oct 2025
Committee
13 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Dec 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

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