Brownfield land in Woking Borough Council
Woking Borough Council has published 111 brownfield sites on its statutory land register — land the council itself has assessed as suitable for housing. Together they cover about 70.8 hectares with an estimated capacity of 0 dwellings.
Rank these sites with constraints netted off →
Largest sites on the Woking Borough Council register
| Site | Hectares | Max dwellings | Planning status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land within Sheerwater Priority Place, Albert Drive, Woking GU21 5RE | 33.00 | — | permissioned |
| Woking Football Club Woking Gymnastic Club, Woking Snooker Club, Westfield Avenue, Woking | 4.64 | — | not yet |
| Backland gardens of houses facing Ash Road, Hawthorn Road, Willow Way and Laburnum Road (B | 1.90 | — | permissioned |
| Victoria Square Development, Church Street West, Woking, GU21 6HD | 1.59 | — | permissioned |
| Land at Bradfield Close and 7 York Road, Woking GU22 7QD | 1.32 | — | not yet |
| Car Park (east), Oriental Road, Woking GU22 8BD | 1.22 | — | not yet |
| Land over Woking Railway Station, Station Approach, Woking, GU22 7AE | 1.15 | — | not yet |
| Garages and 70-96 Sutton Avenue, Hermitage, GU21 8TS | 1.10 | — | not yet |
Source: Woking Borough Council brownfield land register, published via planning.data.gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are the council’s own.
What a brownfield register actually is
Every local planning authority in England is required to keep a register of previously-developed land it considers appropriate for residential development. Part 1 lists all such sites; Part 2 sites carry permission in principle.
What it is not: an entry is not planning permission, and it is not an offer to sell. The council assessing a site as suitable says nothing about whether the owner wants to sell it or what a scheme would actually get approved. England has no zoning — the Local Plan and the Use Classes Order decide what is achievable.
The registers are public and free. They are underused mainly because each authority publishes its own separately, in its own format, so comparing more than one area by hand is painful.
Working the Woking Borough Council register properly
- Net off the constraints first. Green belt, Flood Zone 3 and listed buildings kill more register sites than anything else. Check before you fall in love with a line on a map.
- Treat the dwelling figure as the council’s opinion. 0 is what Woking Borough Council thinks the register could take — your scheme, your design and the Local Plan will move it.
- Price it off recorded sales. HM Land Registry Price Paid gives you what actually sold nearby; work the residual land value from there rather than from an asking price.
- Find the owner. Register sites are rarely advertised. Ownership status is listed, and Land Registry title records do the rest.
Questions this page answers
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- Woking Borough Council land availability assessment
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