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.
3,383 approved · 671 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Primrose House Lawfords Hill Road Worplesdon Woking Surrey GU3 3QB
Received Not publishedUnit 5 Abbot Close Byfleet West Byfleet Surrey KT14 7JN
Received Not published7 Common Close Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4DB
Received Not published5 Crossacres Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8QS
Received Not published20 Hillside Woking Surrey GU22 0NF
Received Not publishedOld Sorting Office Rosemount Avenue West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6LB
Received Not publishedOld Sorting Office Rosemount Avenue West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6LB
Received Not publishedThe Cornerstone Locke Way Woking Surrey GU21 5FZ
Received Not published20 High Street Knaphill Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedChobham Golf Club Chobham Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2TZ
Received Not published16 Engliff Lane Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8SU
Received Not publishedSurrey Heath Borough Council Gloucester Square Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedBeaulieu Chobham Road Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2QE
Received Not publishedThe Laurels Highfield Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6QX
Received Not publishedBriarwood Nursery Saunders Lane Woking Surrey
Received Not publishedSwallows Nest Blanchards Hill Sutton Green Guildford Surrey GU4 7QJ
Received Not publishedWoodhayes Woodlands Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6BF
Received Not publishedMurwood 5 Woodham Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4DL
Received Not publishedBrackendene Horsell Rise Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4AZ
Received Not publishedPleasant Cottage Bagshot Road Woking Surrey GU24 0HH
Received Not published1 Hook Heath Farm Pond Road Woking Surrey GU22 0JR
Received Not publishedLittle Paddock Brunswick Road Brookwood Woking Surrey GU24 0AQ
Received Not publishedStanway Ashwood Road Woking Surrey GU22 7JN
Received Not publishedBlair House Pyrford Woods Pyrford Woking Surrey GU22 8QR
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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