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Woking Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Woking Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
4,326Searchable applications
276Recorded as pending
83%Approval rate · 3,758 approved or refused records
627Refused applications

3,131 approved · 627 refused · 0 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas25 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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More application records

  1. DecidedPLAN/2025/0834

    Installation of a Synthetic Turf Pitch in place of the existing natural grass pitch, including fencing, floodlighting and ancillary equipment

    Playing Fields Alpha Road Maybury Woking Surrey

    Received Not published
  2. DecidedTREE/2025/8295

    2 x Oaks and 2 x Limes: Works to be carried out as per schedule report (Works subject to TPO/0001/2006)

    Court Cottage Coldharbour Road Woking Surrey GU22 8SJ

    Received Not published
  3. DecidedPLAN/2025/0835

    Erection of a single storey rear extension following demolition of conservatory. Erection of a rear dormer window with Juliet balcony and the insertion of two front roof lights. Changes to fenestration to include replacement doors and windows and a new Juliet balcony to rear first floor. Removal of one chimney. (amended description)

    88 Arthurs Bridge Road Woking Surrey GU21 4NR

    Received Not published
  4. DecidedTREE/2025/8297

    Remove all dead standing trees and deadwood where necessary along existing/proposed pathways. Fell large ash tree near Meadow End property (agreed with James Veats) and other ash with significant dieback. Selective removal of conifers and elms in poor health or inhibiting regeneration. Thin approx. 40% of saplings, holly and laurel to improve woodland structure and pathway access. Coppice hazel stools, removing limbs 40mmto increase light levels and encourage growth. (Land opposite Larks Way Chobham Road) (Works subject to TPO/0014/2023) Note : permission not required for dead wood.

    Land Opposite Larks Way Chobham Road Knaphill Woking Surrey

    Received Not published
  5. DecidedPLAN/2025/0836

    Installation of a freestanding telephone apparatus with affixed defibrillator and advert display.

    Land Adjacent To 31 - 33 Commercial Way Woking Surrey GU21 6XR

    Received Not published
  6. DecidedPLAN/2025/0837

    Installation of Advert Display (attached freestanding telephone apparatus with affixed defibrillator) comprising Single Illuminated Six Sheet Display with Automatic Change of Static Images at Ten Second Intervals.

    Land Adjacent To 31 - 33 Commercial Way Woking Surrey GU21 6XR

    Received Not published
  7. DecidedPLAN/2025/0838

    Details of a Drainage Verification Report submitted pursuant to Condition 14 of planning permission ref: WO/2022/0923 dated 10 July 2023. (this application is determined by Surrey County Council under their ref SCCRef-2025-0183)

    Land At The Former Manor School Magdalen Crescent Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey

    Received Not published
  8. DecidedTREE/2025/8298

    G1 : Sweet Chestnut and 2 Hornbeams on boundary with Brandon, Hook Heath Road - Reduce crown by 5m to top of roof line of bungalow to prevent further damage to the roots. (Works within Fishers Hill - Conservation Area).

    Danescross Pond Road Woking Surrey GU22 0JT

    Received Not published
  9. DecidedPLAN/2025/0839

    Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development for hip to gable roof extension and rear dormer. Alterations to fenestration and insertion of front rooflights.

    35 Highclere Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PN

    Received Not published
  10. DecidedPLAN/2025/0840

    Prior notification for a single storey rear extension to extend a maximum depth of 5.5m, maximum height of 3.3m and a maximum height of eaves of 2.2m.

    35 Highclere Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PN

    Received Not published
  11. DecidedPLAN/2025/0841

    Proposed change of use from office (Class E) to 2 x units (Class C3) via Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO

    Greenoak Housing 155 Goldsworth Road Woking Surrey GU21 6LS

    Received Not published
  12. DecidedPLAN/2025/0842

    Erection of a two storey side and rear extension.

    60 Horsell Moor Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4NN

    Received Not published
  13. UnknownPDCHK/2025/0007

    Permitted development check.

    31 Hamilton Avenue Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8RS

    Received Not published
  14. DecidedTREE/2025/8300

    T1 - Oak: Remove epicormic growth throughout canopy thin by 10%, reduce crown by 2m to suitable growth points and crown lift by 5m (Works subject to TPO TPO/0007/2009) (Permission note required for Deadwood)

    Peveril Pembroke Road Woking Surrey GU22 7EB

    Received Not published
  15. DecidedPLAN/2025/0843

    Erection of roof extensions including raising of the ridge height, erection of front and rear dormer windows, front and rear rooflights and rear solar panels.

    10 Blackwood Close West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6PW

    Received Not published
  16. DecidedPLAN/2025/0844

    Erection of a ground floor front infill extension, single storey rear extension and first floor front extension. Extension to garage including formation of a false-pitch roof to the front. Removal of existing window and insertion of a door to ground floor (north) side.

    14 Finch Close Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2LF

    Received Not published
  17. DecidedPLAN/2025/0845

    Erection of a rear outbuilding.

    80 Bishops Wood Woking Surrey GU21 3QD

    Received Not published
  18. DecidedTREE/2025/8301

    T1- Common Oak: Current height 22m, spread 10m. Height after works, 22m and spread on targeted limbs, reduce from 6m to 4m. Reason is reducing canopy and extended limbs (Works subject to 626/0591/2000)

    105 Batten Avenue St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 8UP

    Received Not published
  19. DecidedPLAN/2025/0846

    Construction of two storage buildings.

    British Red Cross Ambulance Garage 80 Walton Road Woking Surrey GU21 5DW

    Received Not published
  20. DecidedCOND/2025/0135

    Approval of details pursuant to Condition 4 (Surface Water Drainage) to planning permission PLAN/2025/0299 (Formation of a front gable roof extension and bay window, erection of a single storey rear extension, raising of existing ridge height (to provide habitable rooms within the roof space), proposed side dormer window and insertion of side rooflights, extension of front hardstanding, following removal of existing chimney, demolition of the existing conservatory and garage (amended description).

    13 Saunders Lane Woking Surrey GU22 0NN

    Received Not published
  21. DecidedPLAN/2025/0847

    Erection of a single storey side extension, front bay window and porch canopy following demolition of existing porch. Alterations to fenestration.

    2 Lindvale Horsell Rise Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4BG

    Received Not published
  22. DecidedCOND/2025/0136

    Approval of details pursuant to conditions 03 (asbestos removal verification report), 05 (residential refuse and recycling management plan) and 06 (secure cycle parking) of prior approval ref: PLAN/2025/0032 dated 11.03.2025 (Prior Approval under the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use of the upper floors (and part of the ground floor to facilitate pedestrian access and bin/cycle storage only) of 1 - 2 High Street, Woking from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to form 8No. self-contained residential flats).

    1 - 2 High Street Woking Surrey GU21 6BG

    Received Not published
  23. DecidedTREE/2025/8303

    T1 - Mature Oak Tree: Reduce crown by 3m leaving a well balanced tree and significant pruning (Works subject to TPO/0028/2008)

    50 Knightswood Woking Surrey GU21 3PY

    Received Not published
  24. DecidedAMEND/2025/0030

    Non-Material Amendment to planning permission PLAN/2023/0158 for Erection of a two storey side extension, front porch and fenestration alterations following the demolition of detached garage. To include internal and fenestration alterations.

    85 Robin Hood Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2LS

    Received Not published

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What these statistics cover

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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