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.
3,017 approved · 600 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Lakers Youth Centre Goldsworth Park Centre Woking Surrey GU21 3LG
Received Not publishedLonghurst 481 Woodham Lane Woking Surrey GU21 5ST
Received Not publishedHighwoods 4 The Dell St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7PF
Received Not publishedYellowstones 37A Heathside Road Woking Surrey GU22 7EY
Received Not published90 Church Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7NF
Received Not publishedByfleet Boat House 4 Old Parvis Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6LE
Received Not published148 Goldsworth Road Woking Surrey GU21 6NE
Received Not published84 Lower Guildford Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2EW
Received Not published7 St Nicholas Crescent Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8TD
Received Not published136 Maybury Road Woking Surrey GU21 5JR
Received Not publishedRaeburn Grove The Mount St Johns Woking Surrey
Received Not published4 Egley Drive Mayford Woking Surrey GU22 0NJ
Received Not publishedOrchard End Orchard Drive Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4BN
Received Not publishedCopper Beeches Prey Heath Road Mayford Woking Surrey GU22 0RN
Received Not published36 Alexandra Gardens Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2DG
Received Not published2 Sanway Close Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7SP
Received Not publishedLansbury Hook Heath Road Woking Surrey GU22 0QE
Received Not publishedHarwood Heathfield Road Woking Surrey GU22 7JG
Received Not publishedAlpina 16 Hamilton Avenue Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8RS
Received Not published6 Honeypots Road Mayford Woking Surrey GU22 9QW
Received Not publishedSaint Francis 12 The Riding Woodham Woking Surrey GU21 5TA
Received Not publishedUnits 6, 7, 8 Woking 8 Forsyth Road Sheerwater Woking Surrey GU21 5SB
Received Not publishedWhitmoor Farm House Whitmoor Lane Sutton Green Guildford Surrey GU4 7QB
Received Not publishedOakenshaw Prey Heath Road Mayford Woking Surrey GU22 0SW
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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