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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 dates7,318Searchable applications
381Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 5,156 approved or refused records
719Refused applications
4,437 approved · 719 refused · 389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 May 2014 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/1126/CES
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed erection of a single storey rear extension following the demolition of existing conservatory.
7 Calshot Way Frimley Camberley Surrey GU16 9FA
Received 21 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1127/PCA
Neighbouring authority consultation request Ref.PLAN/2024/0811 for the demolition of existing building and redevelopment into 272 apartments and associated works
Former BHS, 81 Commercial Way Woking GU21 6HR
Received 15 Nov 2024 - DecidedTWA/24/0307
T1 Oak Tree felled
5 South Road Bisley Woking Surrey GU24 9ES
Received 21 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1128/DTC
Submission of details to comply with condition 3 (material schedule) attached to planning permission 21/1094/FFU for Demolition of existing 3 bedroom house and replacement with a new 4 bedroom house with garage and pool.
35 High View Road Lightwater Surrey GU18 5YF
Received 19 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1129/FFU
Erection of a machinery and hay Storage Building.
Land North Of Bagshot Road Chobham Woking Surrey
Received 21 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1130/PCA
Consultation application from Rushmoor Borough Council for the demolition of the existing office building and erection of two flexible commercial buildings for E(g)(iii) light industrial, B2 general industrial and B8 storage and distribution employment uses, with ancillary offices, associated car parking, service yards and landscaping
Building 4.1 Frimley Business Park Frimley Camberley Hampshire
Received 21 Nov 2024 - DecidedTWA/24/0308
T1 & T2 Carefully reduce and reshape back to my previous pruning points. Remove all major dead, dying and dangerous branches.Remove all lowest re-growth shoots up to a height of 6-7mts.Reduce in length by a further 2-3mts the lowest limb that overhangs the rear garden of 129 Ambleside Road. (Works subject to TPO/19/85)
131 Ambleside Road Lightwater Surrey GU18 5UL
Received 21 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1131/GPE
Prior approval for a larger home extension (Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A) with a maximum depth of 7.50 metres, a maximum height of 3.10 metres and an eaves height of 2.60 metres.
4 Pevensey Way Frimley Camberley Surrey GU16 9YJ
Received 22 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1132/FFU
Erection of ground floor rear and side extension with flat roof and perimeter parapet.
4 Pevensey Way Frimley Camberley Surrey GU16 9YJ
Received 22 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1133/FFU
Erection of a ground floor front extension and partial conversion of garage to habitable accommodation.
26 Caernarvon Frimley Camberley Surrey GU16 8YQ
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1134/FFU
Installation of one new communications Kiosk with integrated defibrillator and advertising display.
Telecommunications Infrastructure 35 - 41 Park Street Camberley Surrey
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1135/ADV
Advertisement consent for one digital display within proposed new communications Kiosk.
Telecommunications Infrastructure 35 - 41 Park Street Camberley Surrey
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1136/FFU
Installation of 1 no. new communications Kiosk with integrated defibrillator and advertising display
Land Outside 88 High Street Camberley Surrey
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1137/ADV
1 no. Digital advertisement display within proposed new communications Kiosk.
Land Outside 88 High Street Camberley Surrey
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1138/GPS
Application under Class J, Part 14, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) to determine if prior approval is required for the proposed installation of Solar panels on the flat and pitched roofs.
Dennison House Stanhope Road Camberley Surrey
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1139/DTC
Submission of details to comply with condition 2 (Materials) and condition 4 (Method of construction) attached to planning permission 16/0281 for the erection of a detached three bedroom dwelling house following demolition of existing. (Amendment to planning permission 15/0936 Erection of a two bedroom bungalow).
79 Guildford Road Bagshot Surrey GU19 5NS
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1140/FFU
Erection of a 1.5 metre wall to side of property.
31 Abelia Close West End Woking Surrey GU24 9PG
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1141/FFU
Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit.
Footpath Outside The Atrium Park Street Camberley Surrey
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1142/ADV
Application for advertisement consent for a display of two digital 75 inch LCD display screen, one on each side of the Street Hub unit.
Footpath Outside The Atrium Park Street Camberley Surrey
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1143/FFU
Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit
Footpath Outside 72 Park Street Camberley Surrey
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1144/ADV
Application for advertisement consent for a display of two digital 75 inch LCD display screen, one on each side of the Street Hub unit.
Footpath Outside 72 Park Street Camberley Surrey
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1145/FFU
Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit
Footpath Outside 50 Park Street Camberley Surrey
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1146/ADV
Application for advertisement consent for a display of two digital 75 inch LCD display screen, one on each side of the Street Hub unit.
Footpath Outside 50 Park Street Camberley Surrey
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/1147/FFU
Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit.
Footpath Outside 71 High Street Camberley Surrey
Received 26 Nov 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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