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.
3,120 approved · 623 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Coombe Place Carthouse Lane Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4XS
Received Not published1 Creswell Corner Anchor Hill Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2JD
Received Not publishedFirst And Second Floor 34 - 35 Station Approach West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6NF
Received Not publishedBarclays Town Gate House Church Street East Woking Surrey GU21 6AE
Received Not published3 - 12 High Street Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedGreystones Berry Lane Worplesdon Guildford Surrey GU3 3PU
Received Not publishedSt Mary Of Bethany Church Mount Hermon Road Woking Surrey GU22 7UH
Received Not published133 Boundary Road Woking Surrey GU21 5BT
Received Not publishedJimmy Whites Sports Lounge Woking Snooker Centre Kingfield Road Kingfield Woking Surrey GU22 9GE
Received Not publishedRivey Cottage 92 Old Woking Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6HU
Received Not publishedDrybridge House Pyle Hill Sutton Green Woking Surrey GU22 0SR
Received Not publishedByfleet Lawn Tennis Club Pyrford Road Woking Surrey GU22 8UQ
Received Not published56 Oakway St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 8TR
Received Not publishedLichfield House 5 Woodham Gate Woking Surrey GU21 5AY
Received Not published83 Kingsway Woking Surrey GU21 6NR
Received Not published27 Greythorne Road Woking Surrey GU21 3PG
Received Not published5 Anchor Crescent Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PD
Received Not publishedClarence House 297 Connaught Road Brookwood Woking Surrey GU24 0AD
Received Not publishedSummerlee Elmstead Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6JB
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 3 Chiltern Close Mayford Woking Surrey GU22 0PL
Received Not published14 Grange Park Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4BX
Received Not publishedKillimore 2 Crossacres Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8QS
Received Not publishedWayside Cottage Church Hill Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QE
Received Not publishedSummerlee Elmstead Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6JB
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage