Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Woking Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,855 approved · 575 refused · 0 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
Quevrue Holly Bank Road Woking Surrey GU22 0JP
Received Not published86 Broadoaks Park Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6FH
Received Not publishedThe Gatehouse Warbury Lane Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2TX
Received Not publishedWaldens House 18 Waldens Park Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4RW
Received Not published52 Gloster Road Old Woking Woking Surrey GU22 9EX
Received Not published30 Old Woking Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6HP
Received Not publishedFinch House Bullbeggars Lane Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4SH
Received Not published11 Brookwood Farm Drive Woking Surrey GU21 2FT
Received Not published166 Old Woking Road Woking Surrey GU22 8LE
Received Not publishedRoundway Langmans Lane St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7PY
Received Not publishedLand Outside Boots Commercial Way Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedLand Outside Boots Commercial Way Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 26 Commercial Way Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 26 Commercial Way Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedLand Outside The Railway Station The Broadway Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedLand Outside The Railway Station The Broadway Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 69-71 Commercial Way Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 69-71 Commercial Way Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To St Andrews House Gloucester Square Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To St Andrews House Gloucester Square Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedCrabtree House Old Avenue West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6AE
Received Not published35 Foxlake Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7PW
Received Not publishedEllonby House Elm Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4DY
Received Not publishedGreywell House Hockering Road Woking Surrey GU22 7HP
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Woking 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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