Transport planning consultants in Woking.
Transport Statements, access and parking checks, and answers to highways comments for schemes in Woking, for developers and the architects, planning consultants and engineers who work with them.
Woking Borough Council
decides planning applications
Surrey County Council
highway authority for local roads
M25 and A3
run by National Highways
How schemes in Woking get decided.
Two councils involved
Woking Borough Council decides the planning application, but Surrey County Council is the highway authority and gives the highways response. We deal with both, so the evidence suits the county’s standards as well as the local plan.
What shapes schemes in Woking
A commuter town on the South Western Main Line, with tall buildings around the station and the M25 and A3 close by. In the centre, the questions are servicing, parking and how people walk to the shops and the station. On the edges, it’s access, visibility and the main junctions.
Roads, rail and buses
The main roads are the A320, A245 and A247, with the M25 and A3 nearby. There’s a railway station, so the walking and cycling route to it counts for a lot in any application. Where a scheme adds traffic to the M25 and A3, National Highways needs to agree the evidence as well. We tell you early if yours does.
Questions we get asked
Who is the highway authority in Woking?
Surrey County Council, for local roads. Woking Borough Council decides the planning application and consults Surrey County Council on highways matters. We deal with both. National Highways is responsible for the M25 and A3.
Do you cover the area around Woking?
Yes, including Guildford, Bracknell and Slough, and the villages and rural sites in between.
Will National Highways need to be involved?
Only if a scheme adds enough traffic to the M25 and A3 to matter. We check that at the start and, where it’s needed, agree the approach with them alongside the council.
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