Woking Borough Council

Adopted Documents We Assess Against

Development plan: Woking Core Strategy (2012) and Development Management Policies DPD (2016) (adopted 20 October 2016)

Documents are re-checked against the council's own website weekly. A detected change flags "Policy Update Available" for human review — live assessment standards are never replaced automatically.

Woking Borough Council standards at a glance

3 numeric standards taken from Woking Borough Council's own adopted documents, each shown with the paragraph it comes from. Figures differ between councils — these are this one's.

Rear extension depth

up to 4m

On a Woking terrace, going beyond 4 metres means the application will be looked at much harder. It is not an automatic no, but you will need to justify it. Woking House Extensions guide, Local Plan justification para 6.98

Side extension form

at least 1m

Woking want at least a metre between a two-storey side extension and the boundary. Woking House Extensions guide section 5.2

Amenity neighbouring

at least 20m

Woking look for 20 metres between two-storey elevations, and 30 where three storeys are involved. They also expect the gap to be greater than the height of the wall facing you - so a tall wall needs more room even if you clear 20 metres. Woking House Extensions guide sections 4.2 and 4.4

Standards are what the council normally expects, not a guarantee. A scheme outside them can still be approved on its merits, and one inside them can still be refused for another reason.

Authored Policy Library

5 local policy checks, each citation-locked to the adopted document. National policy (NPPF, national space and daylight standards) applies alongside these.

Woking Development Management Policies DPD (2016)

• Woking Core Strategy Policy CS21 — Design character (provisional citation) Woking judge proposals on how well they sit in the street scene under Policy CS21 - scale, height, building lines and materials all count.
• Woking Development Management Policies DPD (residential amenity policies) — Amenity neighbouring (provisional citation) Woking will look at the effect on your neighbours' light, outlook and privacy. Show the relationship to their windows on your drawings.

Woking House Extensions planning guide

• Woking House Extensions guide, Local Plan justification para 6.98 — Rear extension depth On a Woking terrace, going beyond 4 metres means the application will be looked at much harder. It is not an automatic no, but you will need to justify it.
• Woking House Extensions guide section 5.2 — Side extension form Woking want at least a metre between a two-storey side extension and the boundary.
• Woking House Extensions guide sections 4.2 and 4.4 — Amenity neighbouring Woking look for 20 metres between two-storey elevations, and 30 where three storeys are involved. They also expect the gap to be greater than the height of the wall facing you - so a tall wall needs more room even if you clear 20 metres.