®Planning appeal decision
6 Church Street West, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6DJ
Planning appeal 3364067 at 6 Church Street West, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6DJ (Woking Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 September 2025 by Inspector Knight A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would provide adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses.
Prior Approval under the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to provide 33x residential units
- Authority
- Woking Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Knight A
- Postcode
- GU21 6DJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would provide adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses
What decided it
Units 17-19, 29-30, and 32-33 would not evidently receive adequate natural light in all habitable rooms, failing to meet the mandatory requirement of Class MA of the GPDO.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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