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Woking: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Woking Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of SRY. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Surrey County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Woking for 2026–27: £307.05 of a £2,598.04 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 academy converter), 1 closed (1 academy converter)
- St Mary's CofE Controlled Primary School, Byfleet (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 May 2026
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, Byfleet (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 June 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£1.3 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | £1.6 million |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £4.5 million |
| Cultural and related services | £1.7 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £5.2 million |
| Planning and development services | £2.1 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £11.1 million |
| Other services | −£5.0 million |
| Total service expenditure | £19.8 million |
Woking in numbers
- Total population
- 105,679 people
- Median age
- 40 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £34,875
- Gross median weekly pay
- £749
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 18.4%
- Claimant Count
- 2.6%
- Average house price
- £439,916
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 10.0 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 3.1 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 91.5%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 273.5 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 5,145 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
30 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 23, Independent / Other 6, Labour Party 1.
Next scheduled council election: 31 March 2027.
All 30 councillors, by ward
- Amanda Boote (Independent / Other) — Byfleet and West Byfleet
- Daryl Jordan (Independent / Other) — Byfleet and West Byfleet
- Steve Howes (Independent / Other) — Byfleet and West Byfleet
- Anila Javaid (Labour Party) — Canalside
- Faisal Mumtaz (Liberal Democrats) — Canalside
- M Ilyas Raja (Independent / Other) — Canalside
- Ann-Marie Barker (Liberal Democrats) — Goldsworth Park
- Martin Sullivan (Liberal Democrats) — Goldsworth Park
- Stephen Oades (Independent / Other) — Goldsworth Park
- Guy Cosnahan (Liberal Democrats) — Heathlands
- Leslie Rice (Liberal Democrats) — Heathlands
- Pav Pandher (Liberal Democrats) — Heathlands
- Deborah Hughes (Liberal Democrats) — Hoe Valley
- Louise Morales (Liberal Democrats) — Hoe Valley
- Tom Bonsundy-O'bryan (Liberal Democrats) — Hoe Valley
- John Morley (Liberal Democrats) — Horsell
- Melisa Kuipers (Liberal Democrats) — Horsell
- Swati Mukherjee (Liberal Democrats) — Horsell
- Hassan Akberali (Independent / Other) — Knaphill
- John Pearce (Liberal Democrats) — Knaphill
- Steve Greentree (Liberal Democrats) — Knaphill
- Ellen Nicholson (Liberal Democrats) — Mount Hermon
- Ian Johnson (Liberal Democrats) — Mount Hermon
- Liam Lyons (Liberal Democrats) — Mount Hermon
- Attia Aslam (Liberal Democrats) — Pyrford
- Chris Martin (Liberal Democrats) — Pyrford
- Peter Graves (Liberal Democrats) — Pyrford
- Dale Roberts (Liberal Democrats) — St John's
- Rob Leach (Liberal Democrats) — St John's
- Tom Spenser (Liberal Democrats) — St John's