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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 Guildford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,092 approved · 801 refused · 214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 2023 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
25 Markenfield Road, Guildford, GU1 4PB
Received 18 Apr 2023Land at Garlicks Arch, Send Marsh/Burnt Common, Portsmouth Road, Send
Received 5 May 2023Puttenham Golf Club, The Heath, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AL
Received 22 Sept 2023Barn2/Unit 2 Rear (Right Hand Side, Valentines Farm, Rose Lane, Ripley, GU23 6NE
Received 24 Jan 2024Maryland, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RB
Received 2 Feb 20241-2 Ash Grove Court, Ash Grove, Guildford, GU2 8UT
Received 13 Mar 202462 Sydenham Road, Guildford, GU1 3RX
Received 15 Mar 2024Brick Kiln Farm, Old Lane, Ockham, Guildford, Cobham, KT11 1NL
Received 20 Mar 2024Midge Island Outdoor Base, Tannery Lane, Send, GU23 7ES
Received 4 Apr 20241 Tower Hill Villas, Goose Green, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LL
Received 16 Jul 2024Land south of Thatchers Hotel, Guildford Road, East Horsley
Received 24 Apr 2024Albany Cottage, 20A Eagle Road, Guildford, GU1 4HY
Received 2 May 2024Cherry Orchard, 8 Fort Road, Guildford, GU1 3TB
Received 7 May 2024Bulls Head, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7ST
Received 14 May 2024Bulls Head, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7ST
Received 15 May 2024Bulls Head, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7ST
Received 15 May 20248 The Valley, Guildford, GU2 4ED
Received 22 May 20248 The Valley, Guildford, GU2 4ED
Received 22 May 2024St Peters Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, Horseshoe Lane East, Guildford, GU1 2TN
Received 23 May 2024Land adjacent to Buckhurst, Westwood Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2JE
Received 27 May 202488 Linden Way, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6LP
Received 30 May 202437 and 39 Heron Close, Guildford, GU2 9PH
Received 31 May 2024Centre for Veterinary Vaccine, Innovation and Manufacturing, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0NF
Received 5 Jun 2024The Queen Stage, The Street, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5LU
Received 10 Jun 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Guildford 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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