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.
3,026 approved · 600 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Morton Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4TW
Received Not published28 Lych Way Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QG
Received Not publishedHorsell Cottage Horsell Park Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4LY
Received Not publishedWoodlands 35 Beacon Hill St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7QR
Received Not published73 Orchard Drive Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4BS
Received Not published100 Oyster Lane Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7HR
Received Not published9 Fenns Way Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4BJ
Received Not publishedFormer Lakers Youth Centre Goldsworth Park Centre Woking Surrey GU21 3LG
Received Not published46 Rectory Lane Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7LU
Received Not published214 Connaught Road Brookwood Woking Surrey GU24 0AH
Received Not published25 Boltons Close Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8TW
Received Not published5 Timber Close Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8QA
Received Not published20 Westfield Avenue Westfield Woking Surrey GU22 9PH
Received Not publishedMounts Ryde Golf Club Road Woking Surrey GU22 0LS
Received Not publishedOak House Ridgeway Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QR
Received Not published16 Dartnell Park Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6PN
Received Not publishedGarages Adj 136 Weymede Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey
Received Not publishedTelecommunications Mast Kestrel Way Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedManor Heath Knowl Hill Woking Surrey GU22 7HL
Received Not published24 Rutson Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7EU
Received Not publishedMilfield Danes Hill Woking Surrey GU22 7HQ
Received Not published90 High Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7QT
Received Not publishedMatel Forest Road Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8NA
Received Not published110 York Road Woking Surrey GU22 7XS
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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