Planning permission for a new council depot and multi-storey car park was approved on 1 March 2023. Read the planning report. The relocation of the Woking Road Depot means that the current site can be redeveloped as part of the Weyside Urban Regeneration.

A new council depot, MOT testing centre and multi-storey car park will be built in Slyfield Green. The new facility will house council vehicles as well as staff teams including the parks, housing repairs and waste services departments. 

The plans also include new workshops, conference facilities and training rooms and staff amenities. There will also be electric charging bays.

Together with the proposed relocation of the SCC waste transfer station to the south and the proposed relocation of the Thames Water development to the north, the new depot would act as a vital piece of infrastructure for the delivery of basic services to the wider community.