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.
3,001 approved · 598 refused · 0 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Ovington Court Woking Surrey GU21 3RE
Received Not publishedCrann Mor 151 Old Woking Road Woking Surrey GU22 8PD
Received Not published26 Elsdon Road Woking Surrey GU21 3NX
Received Not publishedLand South East Of Seven Acres Horsell Common Horsell Woking Surrey
Received Not published15 Oldfield Wood Maybury Woking Surrey GU22 8AN
Received Not published17 Orchard Mains Woking Surrey GU22 0ET
Received Not published17 Lidstone Close Woking Surrey GU21 3BG
Received Not published44 Brookwood Farm Drive Woking Surrey GU21 2FW
Received Not published2B Bonsey Lane Westfield Woking Surrey GU22 9PT
Received Not publishedHoe Valley School Egley Road Woking Surrey GU22 0NH
Received Not published20 Blackwood Close West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6PP
Received Not publishedMill House Mill Lane Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7RR
Received Not published12 Evelyn Close Woking Surrey GU22 0DG
Received Not published42 Common Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4DB
Received Not published34 Alma Close Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2BP
Received Not publishedFlat 3 St Johns Hill House St Johns Hill Road St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7RQ
Received Not published2A Maple Grove Westfield Woking Surrey GU22 9PJ
Received Not published48 Queen Elizabeth Way Kingfield Woking Surrey GU22 9AQ
Received Not published48 Queen Elizabeth Way Kingfield Woking Surrey GU22 9AQ
Received Not published23 Brockenhurst Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4DS
Received Not publishedBeech Rise Lock Lane Pyrford Woking Surrey
Received Not published8 Abbey Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4PQ
Received Not publishedWood Corner Pyrford Woods Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8QT
Received Not publishedMilestones 119 Old Woking Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6HY
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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