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.
3,155 approved · 629 refused · 0 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Salvation Army Sythwood Woking Surrey GU21 3BE
Received Not published95 Balmoral Drive Maybury Woking Surrey GU22 8EU
Received Not published56 Hedgerley Court Woking Surrey GU21 3LZ
Received Not publishedHallmark House 10 - 12 St Johns Road St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7SE
Received Not publishedElfincot 37 Greenmeads Mayford Woking Surrey GU22 9QL
Received Not publishedLand North Of Old Woking Road And East Of Station Approach Old Woking Road West Byfleet Woking Surrey KT14 6NG
Received Not published6 Chobham Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2SU
Received Not publishedBarclays Town Gate House Church Street East Woking Surrey GU21 6AE
Received Not published36 Fenwick Close Woking Surrey GU21 3BY
Received Not published32 Oriental Road Woking Surrey GU22 7AW
Received Not publishedMoorhatch Church Hill Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QE
Received Not published10 - 12 St Johns Road St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7SE
Received Not published11 Boltons Close Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8TW
Received Not published45 Nethercote Avenue Woking Surrey GU21 3JN
Received Not publishedHorsell Common Preservation Society Heather Farm Horsell Common Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4XY
Received Not published10 Morton Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4TW
Received Not published44 Common Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4DB
Received Not publishedLion House 147 Oriental Road Woking Surrey GU22 8AP
Received Not published68 Laburnum Road Woking Surrey GU22 0BS
Received Not published26 Thornash Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4UW
Received Not publishedFlat 1B Shackleford Road Old Woking Woking Surrey GU22 9DE
Received Not publishedHampton Manor Heath House Road Woking Surrey GU22 0QU
Received Not published17 St James Close St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7QF
Received Not published53 Hamilton Avenue Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8RU
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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