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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.
3,075 approved · 613 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Anchor Public House High Street Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PE
Received Not publishedSaxton Shaftesbury Road Woking Surrey GU22 7DU
Received Not publishedWildways Horsell Rise Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4BA
Received Not published1 Wendela Close Woking Surrey GU22 7JU
Received Not publishedCardinal Place, Olympian Heights, Nankeville Court And Bradford House Guildford Road Woking Surrey GU22 7LR
Received Not published39 Sanway Close Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7SP
Received Not published16 Orchard Mews Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2RJ
Received Not published9 Swallow Rise Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2LG
Received Not published17 Briarwood Road St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 8XD
Received Not published7 Morton Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4TW
Received Not publishedLand North Of Old Woking Road And East Of Station Approach Old Woking West Byfleet Woking Surrey KT14 6NG
Received Not publishedBeech Lea Woodlands Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6JW
Received Not publishedWhiteoaks Comeragh Close Woking Surrey GU22 0LZ
Received Not publishedSquirrels Leap Comeragh Close Woking Surrey GU22 0LZ
Received Not published6 Goldsmiths Close Woking Surrey GU21 3HF
Received Not published12 Broadwater Close Woodham Woking Surrey GU21 5TW
Received Not publishedWestby Lodge 90 Old Woking Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6HU
Received Not publishedWoodmere 2 Orchard Lea Close Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8QW
Received Not publishedLand North Of Old Woking Road And East Of Station Approach Old Woking Road West Byfleet Woking Surrey KT14 6NG
Received Not publishedLand North Of Old Woking Road And East Of Station Approach Old Woking Road West Byfleet Woking Surrey KT14 6NG
Received Not published8 Winnington Way Woking Surrey GU21 3HL
Received Not published11 Wheatsheaf Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4BL
Received Not publishedLand North Of Old Woking Road And East Of Station Approach Old Woking Road West Byfleet Woking Surrey KT14 6NG
Received Not published14 Winern Glebe Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7LT
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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