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Woking Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Woking Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
4,108Searchable applications
274Recorded as pending
83%Approval rate · 3,557 approved or refused records
591Refused applications

2,966 approved · 591 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Council contacts

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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 areas25 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.

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More application records

  1. DecidedPLAN/2024/0755

    Proposed double hip to gable loft extension with front and rear dormer windows. Changes to external materials and insertion of 2No first floor side windows and 2No front rooflights.

    Oakview Pyrford Road Woking Surrey GU22 8UZ

    Received Not published
  2. DecidedTREE/2024/8302

    Silver Birch - Fell. (Works within Mount Hermon - Conservation Areas)

    39 Mount Hermon Road Woking Surrey GU22 7UN

    Received Not published
  3. DecidedPLAN/2024/0756

    Erection of a single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory.

    1 Fullerton Drive Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7TQ

    Received Not published
  4. DecidedAMEND/2024/0037

    Non-material amendment to planning permission PLAN/2019/0352 to amend condition 4 (tree protection) to allow it to be discharged on a phased basis, and to seek approval for Arboricultural protection measures for phase 1 of the approved development.

    Christ Church Church Street East Woking Surrey GU21 6YG

    Received Not published
  5. DecidedPLAN/2024/0757

    Sub division of existing dwelling house into 2 No. 2 Bedroom houses

    8 Bentham Avenue Sheerwater Woking Surrey GU21 5LF

    Received Not published
  6. DecidedPLAN/2024/0758

    Erection of a front car port.

    West Hurstgate Hook Heath Road Woking Surrey GU22 0DT

    Received Not published
  7. DecidedPLAN/2024/0759

    Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for hip to gable roof extension and rear dormer window. Insertion of 2No front rooflights.

    48 Caillard Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7JB

    Received Not published
  8. DecidedPLAN/2024/0760

    Erection of a single storey side extension and enlargement of front porch. Alterations to fenestration.

    Foxwarren Pyrford Woods Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8QL

    Received Not published
  9. DecidedPLAN/2024/0762

    Certificate of proposed lawful development for the conversion of existing garage into habitable accommodation.

    133 Lovelace Drive Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8RZ

    Received Not published
  10. DecidedPLAN/2024/0763

    Prior notification for a single storey rear extension to extend a maximum depth of 7.8m, maximum height of 3.9m and a maximum height of eaves of 3.4m.

    Bourne Place Horsell Common Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4XX

    Received Not published
  11. DecidedPLAN/2024/0764

    Erection of a detached garage with accommodation above and external staircase following demolition of existing garage. (Amended Plans).

    Danescross Pond Road Woking Surrey GU22 0JT

    Received Not published
  12. DecidedPLAN/2024/0765

    Change of use from residential (Use Class C3) to mixed use comprising residential and a takeaway food business (Sui Generis) (retrospective).

    37 Woodlands Avenue West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6AT

    Received Not published
  13. DecidedPLAN/2024/0766

    Prior notification for the siting of 60 ground-mounted solar panels measuring 2465mm x 1134mm (Part 14, Class B)

    Rose Cottage Sutton Green Road Sutton Green Guildford Surrey GU4 7QH

    Received Not published
  14. DecidedPLAN/2024/0767

    Erection of a single storey rear extension.

    16 Semper Close Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2NG

    Received Not published
  15. DecidedPLAN/2024/0768

    Erection of a first floor side extension over existing attached garage, a part two-storey, part single storey rear extension and single storey side/rear extension following demolition of existing rear conservatory and utility room. New pitched roof over front of garage and installation of solar panels on rear roof slope.

    38 High Street Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4UD

    Received Not published
  16. DecidedCOND/2024/0120

    Approval of details pursuant to Conditions 4 (Landscaping), 7 (Sustainability) and 11 (Building operations for Highway Safety) of planning permission PLAN/2020/0864 for Subdivision of plot of 17 Rainbow Court, retention of existing dwelling and erection of new dwelling and alteration to front boundary wall.

    Land Adjacent To 17 Rainbow Court Woking Surrey

    Received Not published
  17. DecidedPLAN/2024/0769

    Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for a single storey rear extension and insertion of rear roof light.

    Bullbeggars Church Hill Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QE

    Received Not published
  18. DecidedTREE/2024/8303

    T1 - Sweet Chestnut: Fell to ground level (Works within Old Avenue West Byfleet - Conservation Areas)

    Albertinia Old Avenue West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6AE

    Received Not published
  19. DecidedPLAN/2024/0770

    Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for a rear outbuilding.

    24 Courtenay Road Woking Surrey GU21 5HQ

    Received Not published
  20. DecidedPLAN/2024/0771

    Certificate of proposed lawful development for a rear outbuilding.

    26 Bassett Road Maybury Woking Surrey GU22 8ET

    Received Not published
  21. DecidedPLAN/2024/0773

    Retrospective planning permission for erection of a rear outbuilding.

    103 Oriental Road Woking Surrey GU22 7AS

    Received Not published
  22. DecidedPLAN/2024/0774

    Retrospective application for erection of a rear outbuilding.

    101 Oriental Road Woking Surrey GU22 7AS

    Received Not published
  23. DecidedPLAN/2024/0775

    Erection of a single storey front and rear extension (amended plans).

    22 Bentham Avenue Sheerwater Woking Surrey GU21 5LF

    Received Not published
  24. DecidedTREE/2024/8304

    T1 and T2 - 2x Sweet Chestnut trees: Fell to ground level. T3 - Oak tree: Remove dead ivy from stem and lower epicormic growth. Remove highlighted limb by 5-6m to re-balance crown. T4 - Bay tree: Fell to ground level. T5 - Rowan: Fell to ground level (Works subject to TPO 626/0072/1966) (Permisson not required for deadwood)

    Squirrels 1 Birch Grove Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8NB

    Received Not published

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What these statistics cover

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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