West Hill Golf Club Bagshot Road Woking Surrey GU24 0BH Data via plota.co.uk

PLAN/2025/0615 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Proposed creation of an irrigation storage pond to serve the golf course along with regrading of land on the existing driving range (Amended Plan). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 1 Aug 2025
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Approved
15 May 2026

Approved on 15 May 2026 · Planning committee · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Woking Planning Committee on 13 Jan 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the pond and regrading preserved Green Belt openness and supported irrigation, ecology and flood management.
  • The committee supported sustainable water management and biodiversity improvements; construction traffic was expected to cause no significant HGV movements.
Read how the committee decided The officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee discussion, vote and conditions for approval. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Woking's committee minutes of 13 Jan 2026.

Documents 34

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 8

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Registered park or garden 34 m away: Brookwood Cemetery
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI 216 m away: Odiham Common with Bagwell Green and Shaw SSSI; Conservation area 33 m away: Brookwood Cemetery; Heritage at risk 33 m away: Brookwood Cemetery; Inside the Brookwood built-up area; Priority habitat 34 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · 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
GU24 0BH
Received
around 1 Aug 2025
Validated
1 Aug 2025
Ward
Heathlands
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Oct 2025
Decision
Permitted subject to s106 Agreement
Decision date
15 May 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Weller Designs Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 287 days from validation, 217 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

No public comments yet.

16 neighbours consulted · Last counted 16 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
27 Aug 2025
Committee
13 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
31 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