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.
3,044 approved · 605 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 Selwood Road Old Woking Woking Surrey GU22 9HS
Received Not publishedKimberton Heath House Road Woking Surrey GU22 0QU
Received Not publishedDahlia House Hook Hill Lane Mayford Woking Surrey GU22 0PT
Received Not publishedLonghurst 481 Woodham Lane Woking Surrey GU21 5ST
Received Not published36 Pine Tree Hill Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8LZ
Received Not publishedTechnology House And Poole House 48 - 54 Goldsworth Road And 1-3 Poole Road Woking Surrey GU21 6LE
Received Not published3 Herbert Crescent Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2BZ
Received Not published3 Berkeley Gardens West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6JT
Received Not publishedGrove Villa Highfield Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6QX
Received Not publishedUnits 1 - 7 Genesis Business Park Sheerwater Woking Surrey
Received Not published110 Maybury Road Woking Surrey GU21 5JL
Received Not published9 Bentham Avenue Sheerwater Woking Surrey GU21 5LF
Received Not publishedThornash House Grange Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4DA
Received Not published60 High Street Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PY
Received Not publishedSpring Cottage Pyrford Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6RQ
Received Not published1 - 2 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BG
Received Not publishedThe Brown House Aviary Road Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8TH
Received Not published8 Abbey Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4PQ
Received Not published226 High Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7DD
Received Not published6 Church Close Brookwood Woking Surrey GU24 0AB
Received Not publishedLion Retail Park 151 Oriental Road Woking Surrey GU22 8BD
Received Not published153 Oakfield Woking Surrey GU21 3QU
Received Not publishedMarstan 60 Oyster Lane Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7HR
Received Not published1 - 2 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BG
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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