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.
3,372 approved · 670 refused · 0 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Sparvell Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2RR
Received Not published2 Starwood Close West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6QB
Received Not publishedOur Lady Help Of Christians Church Madeira Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6DH
Received Not publishedGriffin House Knowl Hill Woking Surrey GU22 7HL
Received Not published19 Woodlands Woking Surrey GU22 7RU
Received Not published41 Royal Oak Road Woking Surrey GU21 7PD
Received Not publishedMerrie Oaks Pyrford Woods Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8QT
Received Not publishedWoodstock 65 Dartnell Park Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6PX
Received Not publishedDanes Hill Cottage Danes Hill Woking Surrey GU22 7HQ
Received Not publishedWoking Mental Health Resource 2 Courtenay Road Woking Surrey GU21 5HQ
Received Not publishedWest Cottage 50 Parvis Road Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7AB
Received Not published114 Woodlands Avenue West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6AP
Received Not publishedThe White House 24 Hare Hill Close Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8UH
Received Not publishedElectricty Sub Station Adjacent To 15 Wilders Close Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedWoking College Rydens Way Old Woking Woking Surrey GU22 9DW
Received Not published110 Westfield Road Westfield Woking Surrey GU22 9QP
Received Not publishedFerndale 14A Woodham Waye Woodham Woking Surrey GU21 5SW
Received Not publishedProspect Cottage Pyrford Road Woking Surrey GU22 8UZ
Received Not publishedRemnants Cricket Club Queen Elizabeth Way Kingfield Woking Surrey GU22 9AH
Received Not publishedBowness Church Hill Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QE
Received Not published5 Mayhurst Close Maybury Woking Surrey GU22 8DF
Received Not publishedFarm Cottage Maybourne Rise Mayford Woking Surrey GU22 0SH
Received Not published56 Broadoaks Park Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6FE
Received Not publishedHarborough 40 Woodham Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4DP
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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