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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.
3,109 approved · 621 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
125 Lovelace Drive Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8RZ
Received Not publishedLand North Of Old Woking Road And East Of Station Approach Old Woking Road West Byfleet Woking Surrey KT14 6NG
Received Not publishedMinispeed Unit 5 Abbot Close Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7JN
Received Not published3 Heather Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4JR
Received Not published1 Gloster Road Old Woking Woking Surrey GU22 9EU
Received Not publishedMCLAREN SUPPORT SERVICES LTD McLaren Technology Centre Chertsey Road Woking Surrey GU21 4YH
Received Not publishedWeylea Church Street Old Woking Woking Surrey GU22 9JF
Received Not publishedLisa Hook Hill Lane Mayford Woking Surrey GU22 0PS
Received Not published39 Sanway Close Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7SP
Received Not publishedBritish Red Cross 78 Walton Road Woking Surrey GU21 5DW
Received Not published30 Fairlawn Park Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4HT
Received Not publishedColliers Close 1-79 Sythwood 25-40 Cobbetts Close 1-20 And 25-52 Frenchs Wells 45-60 106-137 And 2-64 Evens 65-103 Odds 70-104 Evens And 155-213 Odds For Brookfield Horsell Woking Surrey
Received Not published10 Morton Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4TW
Received Not published10 Morton Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4TW
Received Not published73 Courtenay Road Woking Surrey GU21 5HG
Received Not published25 Rosebery Crescent Kingfield Woking Surrey GU22 9BL
Received Not published63 High Street Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PX
Received Not publishedOldway Ridgway Woking Surrey GU22 8PN
Received Not publishedLand At Pumping Station Bonners Close Westfield Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedSt Andrews Church Goldsworth Park Centre Woking Surrey GU21 3LG
Received Not published7 School Cottages Mayford Green Mayford Woking Surrey GU22 0PN
Received Not publishedLonghurst 481 Woodham Lane Woking Surrey GU21 5ST
Received Not publishedThe Vyne Community Centre 45 Broadway Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2SP
Received Not published18 Kingsway Woking Surrey GU21 6NU
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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