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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Surrey Heath Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Surrey Heath Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates7,260Searchable applications
374Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 5,113 approved or refused records
714Refused applications
4,399 approved · 714 refused · 385 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 May 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Other enquiriesLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre application advice
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01276707100Council source
- Planning enquiriesdevelopment.control@surreyheath.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas11 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decided24/0764/FFU
Erection of a side facing dormer.
Red Wing Branksome Park Road Camberley Surrey GU15 2AE
Received 25 Jul 2024 - Decided24/0765/ADV
Advertisement Consent for an No 1 sign to replace existing and No 3 vinyl graphics applied on existing windows.
8 The Atrium Park Street Camberley Surrey GU15 3GP
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0766/FFU
Erection of single storey side/front extension
23 Waverley Drive Camberley Surrey GU15 2DP
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0767/CES
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for the proposed alterations to ground floor fenestration.
14 The Avenue Chobham Woking Surrey GU24 8RU
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0768/FFU
Retention of an ancillary building for storage used in connection with a manufacturing business. (Retrospective)
Unit 2 - De Graaf Trailers Langshot Stud Farm Gracious Pond Road Chobham Woking Surrey GU24 8HJ
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0769/FFU
Erection of ground floor rear extension, new front porch and internal alterations.
Pinetree House St Catherines Road Frimley Camberley Surrey GU16 9NN
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0771/NMA
A non-material amendment application pursuant to planning permission 24/0283/FFU [relating to the erection of new temporary training accommodation building and a new temporary store] to allow amendments to fenestration details to temporary training building; a revised roof profile (replacing a barrel roof with a pitched roof) to temporary store building; a revised external finish to three sides of the temporary store building (east, north and west) and cladding on the temporary training building; and substitution of revised Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan [variations to Conditions 3, 4 and 5 of permission 24/0283/FFU].
Rfu Training Facility Pennyhill Park Hotel And Spa London Road Bagshot Surrey
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0772/FFU
Erection of a detached outbuilding to be used as a home office/gym.
Holly Cottage 166 Macdonald Road Lightwater Surrey GU18 5YB
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0773/FFU
Erection of two storey front extension and new front porch extension.
6 Langley Drive Camberley Surrey GU15 3TB
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0774/FFU
Change of Use from residential dwelling (Use Class C3) to a private medical clinic (Use Class E) and a managers flat (Use Class C3). Part retrospective to include the resurfacing of driveway and parking area.
38 London Road Bagshot Surrey GU19 5HN
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0775/DTC
Submission of details to comply with conditions 9 (Construction Management Plan) and 18 (confirmation of SANG contribution) attached to planning permission 24/0116/FFU for the demolition of existing buildings, and the erection of 170 residential dwellings with associated car parking, landscaping, drainage infrastructure, vehicular and pedestrian access, and on-site open space.
Siemens Sir William Siemens Square Frimley Camberley Surrey GU16 8QD
Received 12 Aug 2024 - DecidedTWA/24/0187
Beech tree, reduce south side of crown to reduce weight while maintaining shape by 2-3 meters as tree has a heavy lean, and lifting paved drive way. Brick drive to be removed from base of tree. All works to be BS3998 and no wounds to exceed 50mm in diameter.
11 Prior End Camberley Surrey GU15 1JW
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0776/FFU
Erection of single storey rear extension and garage conversion with insertion of rooflights
160 Macdonald Road Lightwater Surrey GU18 5YB
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0777/DTC
Submission of details to comply with condition 4 (tree protection plan) attached to planning permission 24/0525/FFU for Erection of single storey rear extension and first floor front extension.
1 The Mallards Frimley Camberley Surrey GU16 8PB
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0778/FFU
Erection of single storey rear extension, front porch extension and loft conversion with rear dormer and internal alterations.
48 Lime Avenue Camberley Surrey GU15 2BQ
Received 13 Aug 2024 - DecidedTWA/24/0189
T1 and T2 Crown lift to 6m
25 Bramble Bank Frimley Green Camberley Surrey GU16 6PN
Received 5 Mar 2024 - Decided24/0779/FFU
Installation of two rapid electric vehicle charging stations and ancillary equipment within the car park of Co-Op Food.
57 Guildford Road Lightwater Surrey GU18 5SA
Received 13 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0780/FFU
Erection of part single part two storey side extension.
41 London Road Bagshot Surrey GU19 5DT
Received 13 Aug 2024 - DecidedTWA/24/0190
T1: Carefully reduce and reshape by 5-6mts one English Oak tree.The estimated current crown spread of T1 English Oak is 20mts and height 24mts. The estimated maximum crown spread post reduction will be 14mts with an estimated height of 18mts, post reduction.
22 Guildford Road Lightwater Surrey GU18 5SN
Received 13 Aug 2024 - DecidedTWA/24/0192
T1 - Quercus Robur (english oak) - to remove/fell tree as it poses a threat to the surrounding properties and gardens. Tree is located in the corner of the rear garden in 23 bracken way. Tree is an amalgamation of 4 stems, with no central leader, stems are poorly joined at base with a large internal cavity.
23 Bracken Way Chobham Woking Surrey GU24 8PR
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0781/PMR
Application under section 73 of the Town and Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to vary condition 2 and remove condition 4 of application ref 23/0707/PMR to allow an additional two static caravans at Plot 2
2 Bonds Drive Pennypot Lane Chobham Woking Surrey GU24 8DJ
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0782/CES
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for the replacement of existing roof.
43 Updown Hill Windlesham Surrey GU20 6DL
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0783/FFU
Erection of single storey rear extension and alterations.
The Willows 31A Birch Lane West End Woking Surrey GU24 9QB
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Decided24/0784/FFU
Installation of dormer windows and rooflights to the front and rear roof slopes to create habitable accommodation.
5 Church Hill Camberley Surrey GU15 2HH
Received 15 Aug 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Surrey Heath Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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