Woking Borough Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Woking Borough Council decided more than 1,300 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 13% of those it approved or refused, higher than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 56 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Woking Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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9 October 2026 · Refused
St Andrews House West Street Woking Surrey GU21 6EB · PLAN/2026/0585
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25 September 2026 · Approved
Land South Of Hoe Valley School And East Of Railway Tracks Egley Road Woking Surrey GU22 0NH · PLAN/2025/0896
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4 September 2026 · Refused
Quadrant Court Guildford Road Woking Surrey GU22 7QT · PLAN/2026/0380
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28 August 2026 · Approved
6 Church Street West Woking Surrey GU21 6DJ · HABREG/2026/0002
Figures for Woking Borough Council
| Applications decided | more than 1,300 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 13%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 56 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | 14%of more than 430 decided |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | more than 140 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 29%about one in three |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 25plan adopted 2012 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Woking Borough Council’s planning applications.
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“The main issues of the appeal are: • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (Framework) and any relevant development plan policies, • Whether the appeal site is…”
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“The main issues are: • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and its effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it; • the effect of the proposal…”
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“The main issues are: • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and any relevant development plan policies; • the effect it has upon the openness…”
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”
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“The main issues of this appeal are: • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the appeal site and surrounding area; and, • the effect of the proposed development on the Thames Basin Heaths Special…”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.