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.
3,013 approved · 599 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mitchells And Butlers The Yeoman Bass Taverns Ltd 81 Old Woking Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6JA
Received Not published110 Hawthorn Road Woking Surrey GU22 0BG
Received Not published6 Merchants Close Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PU
Received Not publishedRowan Cottage 6 Foxes Path Sutton Green Guildford Surrey GU4 7QY
Received Not published144 Goldsworth Road Woking Surrey GU21 6NE
Received Not published30 Kingfield Gardens Kingfield Woking Surrey GU22 9DY
Received Not publishedCranleigh Wych Hill Lane Woking Surrey GU22 0AH
Received Not published36 Brewery Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4NA
Received Not publishedHollyholt 1 Squirrel Wood West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6PE
Received Not published52 Fullerton Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7TB
Received Not publishedHeather Court Broomhall Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4AP
Received Not published90 Blackmore Crescent Sheerwater Woking Surrey GU21 5NS
Received Not publishedMorrisons 82 Goldsworth Road Woking Surrey GU21 6LJ
Received Not publishedOakwood 26 Ferndale Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4AJ
Received Not published167 York Road Woking Surrey GU22 7XS
Received Not publishedDrybridge House Pyle Hill Sutton Green Woking Surrey GU22 0SR
Received Not publishedGeese Corner 65 Saunders Lane Woking Surrey GU22 0NR
Received Not published64 Brewery Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QH
Received Not published1 Oak Park West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6AG
Received Not published1 - 2 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BG
Received Not publishedHoe Valley School Egley Road Woking Surrey GU22 0NH
Received Not published5 The Grove Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4AE
Received Not publishedBeechways Castle Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4EU
Received Not publishedMonkshatch Scotts Grove Road Chobham Woking Surrey GU24 8DX
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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