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.
3,164 approved · 631 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Holyoake Crescent Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4PN
Received Not published5 - 51 Middle Walk Woking Surrey GU21 6XT
Received Not published1 Burnham Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2AE
Received Not publishedGarages And Land Rear Of 16 To 30 Ash Road Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedLand At Victoria Way And Church Street West Church Street West Woking Surrey
Received Not published22 Cardigan Close Woking Surrey GU21 8YP
Received Not publishedCharrington Manor 1A Hobbs Close West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6LT
Received Not published7 Lane End Drive Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2QQ
Received Not publishedBrookwood Cemetery Cemetery Pales Brookwood Woking Surrey GU24 0BL
Received Not published32 Pine Tree Hill Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8LZ
Received Not published51 Blackmore Crescent Sheerwater Woking Surrey GU21 5NR
Received Not published3 Viggory Cottages Viggory Lane Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4XH
Received Not published7 Summerhayes Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4JD
Received Not published87 Broadoaks Park Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6FH
Received Not published44 Swallow Rise Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2LH
Received Not published102 Church Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7NF
Received Not publishedCranbrook Pyrford Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6RE
Received Not published71 Rydens Way Old Woking Woking Surrey GU22 9DG
Received Not publishedCroftdale Maybury Hill Woking Surrey GU22 8AB
Received Not publishedHill View Janoway Hill Lane Woking Surrey GU21 7QL
Received Not publishedOrchard End Orchard Drive Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4BN
Received Not publishedLLoyds TSB 30 - 32 Commercial Way Woking Surrey GU21 6ER
Received Not published60 High Street Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PY
Received Not published6 Wild Acres West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6PT
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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