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PLAN/2025/0519 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Development of site for the erection of a Class B8 (self-storage) use building arranged over ground, first and part second floors, landscaping, parking, servicing area and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 27 Jun 2025
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Approved
17 Nov 2025

Approved on 17 Nov 2025 · Planning committee · Last checked 21 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Woking Planning Committee on 11 Nov 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the scheme would provide employment floorspace with acceptable effects on design, neighbours, highways and the environment.
  • Objectors raised concerns about the building’s bulk, appearance, traffic, noise, privacy and fire safety.
  • The majority supported the application and the committee granted permission subject to conditions.
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 11 Nov 2025.

Documents 55

Statements & assessments 22

PDF AMENDED BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT - OCTOBER (AMENDED) Report · 28 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE SPECIALIST Consultee Comment · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ENERGY ASSESSMENT Report · 15 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT ADDENDUM Report · 12 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCAL LEAD FLOOD AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 10 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD AND CLIMATE OFFICER Consultee Comment · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF RESPONSE FROM ARBORICULTURAL OFFICER Consultee Comment · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT STATEMENT - MAY 2025 Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF MODEL SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE STATEMENT Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT - JUNE 2025 Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF 24-155 - OYSTER LANE SELF STORAGE STATUTORY_BIODIVERSITY_METRIC_CONDITION_ASSESS Background Papers · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT - MARCH 2025 Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF ARBORICULTURAL IMPLICATIONS ASSESSMENT - APRIL 2025 Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED (SUPERSEDED) BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT - JUNE 2025 Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF BREEAM PRE-ASSESSMENT - APRIL 2025 Background Papers · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE DESIGN - MAY 2025 Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE AND TOWNSCAPE ASSESSMENT - MAY 2025 Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF NOISE ASSESSMENT - MARCH 2025 Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT - JUNE 2025 Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL - JUNE 2025 Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT - JUNE 2025 Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT - JUNE 2025 Report · 26 Jun 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 5

Scheduled monument 79 m away: Brooklands motor racing circuit, remains of the pre-World War II aerodrome, World War II Bofors tower and shelters, and the Brooklands memorial
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1797 m away: M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange improvement; Conservation area 77 m away: Brooklands; Heritage at risk 77 m away: Brooklands; Inside the Byfleet built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 21 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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
KT14 7JF
Received
around 27 Jun 2025
Validated
27 Jun 2025
Ward
Byfleet And West Byfleet
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Sept 2025
Decision
Permitted
Decision date
17 Nov 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Jon Dingle Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 143 days from validation, 73 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

3comments received
2 objecting1 neutral

67% object · below the UK average of 74%

130 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
28 Jul 2025
Committee
11 Nov 2025
Statutory expiry
26 Sept 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