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.
3,051 approved · 606 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Brookwood Military Cemetery Dawney Hill Pirbright Woking Surrey
Received Not published7 Hamble Close Woking Surrey GU21 3PS
Received Not publishedWest Hill Lodge West Hill Road Woking Surrey GU22 7UL
Received Not published6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ
Received Not published49 Cavell Way Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2TJ
Received Not publishedLand To The North Of Old Woking Road And East Of Station Approach West Byfleet Woking Surrey KT14 6NG
Received Not published9 Ockenden Gardens Woking Surrey GU22 7LY
Received Not publishedThe Anchor Public House High Street Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PE
Received Not publishedAvens House Nursing Home 1 Broomcroft Drive Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8NS
Received Not published44 Hart Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7NH
Received Not published5 Greenvale Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2HB
Received Not published38 Victoria Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2AA
Received Not publishedFlat 3 Downside 38 Park Road Woking Surrey GU22 7BX
Received Not published15 Martinsyde Woking Surrey GU22 8HT
Received Not publishedKiln Barn Berry Lane Woking Surrey GU3 3QF
Received Not publishedHoebend 5 Turnoak Avenue Woking Surrey GU22 0AJ
Received Not publishedGreenfield School Brooklyn Road Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedBarcroft House Littlewick Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2JU
Received Not published19 Foxlake Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7PW
Received Not published16 Spence Avenue Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7TG
Received Not published16 St James Close St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7QF
Received Not published184D High Street Old Woking Woking Surrey GU22 9JH
Received Not publishedLong Acre 18 Hare Hill Close Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8UH
Received Not published5 Egley Drive Mayford Woking Surrey GU22 0NJ
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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