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.
3,197 approved · 634 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Newstead Hockering Road Woking Surrey GU22 7HP
Received Not publishedGrangewood Elm Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4DY
Received Not published201 Walton Road Woking Surrey GU21 5DX
Received Not published20 Robin Hood Road St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 8SP
Received Not publishedMerrie Oaks Pyrford Woods Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8QT
Received Not published13 Lych Way Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QG
Received Not publishedHouse By The Green Bagshot Road Woking Surrey GU22 0QY
Received Not published142 Maybury Road Woking Surrey GU21 5JR
Received Not published31 Westfield Avenue Westfield Woking Surrey GU22 9PH
Received Not published1 Brackendene Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4ED
Received Not published6 Beta Road Maybury Woking Surrey GU22 8EF
Received Not publishedSaxton Shaftesbury Road Woking Surrey GU22 7DU
Received Not publishedFox Point 5 Blackwood Close West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6PW
Received Not published41 Waldens Park Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4RW
Received Not published5 Reed Place West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6AX
Received Not published38 Brewery Lane Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7PL
Received Not publishedLangtoft 1 The Gateway Woodham Woking Surrey GU21 5SN
Received Not publishedHartwood Pyrford Road Woking Surrey GU22 8UP
Received Not published59 Claremont Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6DZ
Received Not published35 Highclere Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PN
Received Not publishedWoodlands Sheerwater Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6AH
Received Not publishedHeather Court Broomhall Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4AP
Received Not publishedLand At Victoria Way And Church Street West Church Street West Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedHeather Farm House Horsell Common Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4XY
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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