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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.
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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 dates7,283Searchable applications
381Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 5,126 approved or refused records
715Refused applications
4,411 approved · 715 refused · 386 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 May 2014 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedTWA/24/0227
T1 Beech (Fagus sylvatica) - Crown lift to 5.5m; Shorten the branches by 2.5m to the south and east; Crown thin by 20%; Clear building/structure by 2.0m
26 Portsmouth Road Camberley Surrey GU15 1JX
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0879/GPT
The installation of 2 No. external antennas located on free standing frames on the roof of the sports hall and associated development
Rfu Training Facility Pennyhill Park Hotel And Spa London Road Bagshot Surrey GU19 5EU
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0880/GPT
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code Regulations 2017 for the erection one 8 metre high timber pole for fixed line broadband electronic communications
Telephone Pole Outside 183 Ambleside Road Lightwater Surrey
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0881/E2R
Application for Prior Approval Under Schedule 2, Part 3 Class MA of the General Permitted Development Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use from Class E (offices and retail) to class C3 (dwelling houses).
45 High Street Bagshot Surrey GU19 5AF
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0883/FFU
Erection of a new porch with pitched roof following removal of existing porch along with alterations to the garage roof and conversion of garage to habitable accommodation with installation of new window.
15 Glynswood Camberley Surrey GU15 1HU
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0884/CES
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed erection of a single storey side extension and veranda.
11 The Buchan Camberley Surrey GU15 3XB
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0885/CES
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed erection of a playground.
Lightwater Country Park The Avenue Lightwater Surrey GU18 5RG
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0886/DTC
Submission of details to comply with condition 14 (Ecological Enhancement Plan) relating to planning application 23/0205/FFU for the Redevelopment of the site to provide two residential units; provision of associated access, landscaping, car and cycle parking and bin storage.
Land To The Rear Of 309 - 315 Guildford Road Bisley Woking Surrey
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0887/NMA
Non-material amendment to planning permission 22/1110/FFU to allow for a change in depth to the kitchen window.
3 Sorrel Drive Lightwater Surrey GU18 5PB
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0888/DTC
Submission of details (in part) to comply with condition 3 (condition of existing highway) attached to prior approval 24/0695/DEM approved and given dated 6 September 2024 under Class B, Part 11, of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the demolition of all existing buildings within Phase 6a
Princess Royal Barracks Brunswick Road Deepcut Camberley Surrey GU16 6RN
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0889/DTC
Submission of details to comply with condition 31 (footway improvements) pursuant to outline planning permission 15/0590 allowed on appeal dated 26 July 2017.
Heathpark Wood Heathpark Drive Windlesham Surrey
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0890/FFU
Installation of two windows to rear elevation and conversion of garage door to side elevation to window.
45 High Street Bagshot Surrey GU19 5AF
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0891/DTC
Submission of details to comply with condition 6 (Electric charging stations) relating to planning application 18/0671 for the erection of a two storey building with accommodation in the roof to form 9 residential flats (1 x 3 bedroom, 2 x 2 bedroom and 6 x 1 bedroom flats), at first and second floor, and ground floor retail unit (class A1) with ground floor roof level amenity space, parking, bin and cycle stores.
11 - 13 High Street Camberley Surrey GU15 3RB
Received 18 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0892/FFU
Erection of a single storey rear extension with roof lights, single storey front extension and conversion of garage to habitable accommodation. Loft conversion and associated roof alterations including raising the ridge height, insertion of dormer and roof lights and hip to gable roof extensions. Removal of chimney, addition of external cladding to front and rear elevations, fenestration alterations and associated works.
21 Warren Rise Frimley Camberley Surrey GU16 8SJ
Received 18 Sept 2024 - DecidedTWA/24/0228
Red Oak (T4) Crown thinning by 15%
5 Rawdon Rise Camberley Surrey GU15 1AN
Received 18 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0893/FFU
Erection of part two storey and single storey front, side and rear extensions, single storey side extension, external remodel and re-roofing.
Ford Acre 2 Ford Road Bisley Woking Surrey GU24 9EJ
Received 18 Sept 2024 - DecidedTWA/24/0229
Boundary trees to be pinned back by 1.5 meters.
6 The Pavilions End Camberley Surrey GU15 2LD
Received 13 Sept 2024 - DecidedTWA/24/0230
T1 - remover regrowth on trunk up to first branch and reduce height by 2.5 - 3 meters on western side.
9 Butterfields Camberley Surrey GU15 3EU
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0894/CES
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for the erection of a single storey outbuilding to be used as a gym, study and plant room.
Russlyn 3 Ford Road Bisley Woking Surrey GU24 9EJ
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0895/CES
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for the erection of a single storey side extension to garage with roof lights and associated internal alterations.
Ferndown Bagshot Road Chobham Woking Surrey GU24 8SJ
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0896/FFU
Erection of single storey rear extension, link extension attached to the garage and addition of roof lantern and doors to existing garage.
Willow Falls 3 Deep Well Drive Camberley Surrey GU15 2HF
Received 19 Sept 2024 - Decided24/0897/DTC
Submission of details to comply with condition 55 parts 1 and 2 (contaminated land) attached to planning permission 12/0546 dated 4 April 2014 (as amended by 18/0619 dated 19 July 2019 and 18/1002 dated 14 November 2019) in respect of Phase 6d
Princess Royal Barracks Brunswick Road Deepcut Camberley Surrey GU16 6RN
Received 19 Sept 2024 - DecidedTWA/24/0231
T1 Oak cut back overhanging branches over roof by approx. 2-3 meters and cut back from garden approx. 2-3 meters. (works subjet to TPO/14/90)
36 Medhurst Close Chobham Woking Surrey GU24 8PA
Received 20 Sept 2024 - DecidedTWA/24/0232
G1 - Scots Pine x 2 - Fell to near ground level. Trees are standing dead.T1 - Leyland cypress - Fell to ground level - The tree is in close proximity to the property, and growing in raised bed, formed brick wall, leading limited/restricted rooting zone, the tree is overbearing for the position, and would therefore request to remove the tree. (Works subject to TPO/5/71)
40 Castle Road Camberley Surrey GU15 2DS
Received 20 Sept 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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