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.
2,962 approved · 591 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Birch Cottages Horsell Birch Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4XB
Received Not published21 Turnoak Avenue Woking Surrey GU22 0AJ
Received Not published89 Lovelace Drive Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8SB
Received Not published39 Bentham Avenue Sheerwater Woking Surrey GU21 5LF
Received Not published4 Oakcroft Close West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6JQ
Received Not published15 Bonsey Close Westfield Woking Surrey GU22 9PS
Received Not published3 Lyndhurst Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4RA
Received Not published61 Kenton Way Woking Surrey GU21 3QQ
Received Not published16 Belmore Avenue Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8LN
Received Not publishedAmethyst Pyrford Heath Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8SR
Received Not published88 York Road Woking Surrey GU22 7XR
Received Not publishedBourne Place Horsell Common Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4XX
Received Not published62 Courtenay Road Woking Surrey GU21 5HQ
Received Not published56 Highclere Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PJ
Received Not publishedRivington Holly Bank Road Woking Surrey GU22 0JW
Received Not publishedDanes House Hockering Road Woking Surrey GU22 7HJ
Received Not published159 Old Woking Road Woking Surrey GU22 8NZ
Received Not publishedSt Andrews House West Street Woking Surrey GU21 6EB
Received Not published80 York Road Woking Surrey GU22 7XR
Received Not publishedAcorn Cottage Coley Avenue Woking Surrey GU22 7BP
Received Not published1 Hereford Copse Woking Surrey GU22 0LX
Received Not published2 Harelands Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4NX
Received Not published40 The Grove Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4AF
Received Not published2 Cavell Way Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2TJ
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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