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.
2,872 approved · 577 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Ardennes Hook Heath Road Woking Surrey GU22 0DT
Received Not published16 Bylands Woking Surrey GU22 7LA
Received Not published4 Chuters Close Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7QD
Received Not published7 Hanbury Path Sheerwater Woking Surrey GU21 5RB
Received Not published5 Greenmeads Mayford Woking Surrey GU22 9QJ
Received Not publishedBullbeggars Church Hill Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QE
Received Not publishedParish Hall 562 Woodham Lane Woking Surrey GU21 5SW
Received Not publishedLittle Gorsewood Saunders Lane Woking Surrey GU22 0NT
Received Not published12 Thorley Gardens Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8UL
Received Not publishedTangleways Sheets Heath Brookwood Woking Surrey GU24 0EL
Received Not published12 Paddocks Mead Woking Surrey GU21 3QW
Received Not published91 Knightswood Woking Surrey GU21 3PX
Received Not published3 Ashwood Park Woking Surrey GU22 7HY
Received Not published14 Hillside Woking Surrey GU22 0NF
Received Not published23 Broomhall Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4AP
Received Not publishedBarton Cottage 63 Hamilton Avenue Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8RU
Received Not published66 The Riding Woodham Woking Surrey GU21 5TD
Received Not publishedLand To The North Of Old Woking Road And East Of Station Approach West Byfleet Woking Surrey KT14 6NG
Received Not publishedWest Hill Lodge West Hill Road Woking Surrey GU22 7UL
Received Not published1 Queens Avenue Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7AD
Received Not published46 And 47 Lansdown Close St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 8TG
Received Not publishedMinispeed Unit 5 Abbot Close Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7JN
Received Not publishedMulberry House Berry Lane Worplesdon Guildford Surrey GU3 3QG
Received Not publishedWoollahra Mill Lane Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7RR
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage