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Guildford Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Guildford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates6,183Searchable applications
896Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 4,920 approved or refused records
805Refused applications
4,115 approved · 805 refused · 215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Comment on a planning applicationLocal plan Guildford Local PlanConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Find out if an article 4 direction applies to your property
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas40 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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More application records
- Decided24/T/00187
Tree 1: Spruce - Fell (Eashing Cons Area)
Lower Eashing Farm Cottage, Lower Eashing, Godalming, GU7 2QF
Received 25 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01115
Construction of a part two storey, part single storey side extension following removal of chimney. Along with partial demolition of existing low level wall and widened dropped kerb. (amended description 04/10/2024)
96 Shawfield Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6RB
Received 25 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01116
Erection of an outbuilding following demolition of existing outbuilding.
The Old Apple Store, Furzehill Place, Stanley Hill, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0DN
Received 24 Jul 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01117
Listed building consent for the erection of an outbuilding following demolition of existing outbuilding.
The Old Apple Store, Furzehill Place, Stanley Hill, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0DN
Received 24 Jul 2024 - Decided24/D/00109
Discharge of condition 4 (Materials), 5 (Bin store), 9 (Construction and Transport Management Plan), 15 (Landscaping) and 16 (Energy Statement ) of planning application 23/P/00994 . Approved 10/10/2023
Keepers Cottage, Harewarren Hollow, Merrow Downs, Guildford, GU1 2HJ
Received 24 Jul 2024 - Decided24/D/00102/1
Discharge of Conditions 3, 4 and 5 of planning application 24/P/00588. Approved 19/06/2024
Burrows Cross Lodge, Burrows Cross, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QF
Received 24 Jul 2024 - Decided24/CON/00024
Extension to front car park to provide additional parking and drop off area and reorganisation and extension of rear car park to provide additional spaces and external play/drop off area together with site landscaping.
Pond Meadow School, Larch Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1DR
Received 23 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01118
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether single storey side extensions following demolition of existing outrigger extension would be lawful
High Ryde, Old Lane, Cobham, KT11 1NJ
Received 25 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01119
Erection of a timber pergola and fencing (retrospective application).
22 Park Road, Guildford, GU1 4PH
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01120
Single storey rear extension together with changes to fenestration
Dagley Farmhouse, Juniper Place, Shalford Common, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8DF
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01121
Replacement sash windows
21 Austen Road, Guildford, GU1 3NP
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/N/00093
Non material amendment to planning permission 22/P/00070 approved 03/08/2022 to change the window and door design on the front elevation, change to the door design on the side elevation, change to the window design on the side elevation and Installation of one additional roof light.
178 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 2RR
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/N/00094
Non Material Amendment to planning permission 22/P/00845 approved 30/11/2022 to amend the size and number of roof windows, amend location of solar panerls, amend ground floor bathroom window to match existing together with changes to Juliet Balcony.
Farthings, White Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6HN
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01122
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to determine whether the conversion of garage to habitable accommodation and infilling of windows on front porch with changes to fenestration would be lawful
4 Great Oaks Park, Guildford, GU4 7JG
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/D/00112
Discharge of Condition 2 (report for the management of the construction of the development) of planning permission 24/W/00009 approved 04/03/2024.
16 Grove Heath North, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6EN
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01123
Erection of new boundary wall and entrance gates following removal of existing boundary planting.
29 Tangier Road, Guildford, GU1 2DF
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01124
Proposed first floor side and single storey rear extensions with internal alterations
31 Fairborne Way, Guildford, GU2 9GB
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01125
Erection of eight commercial units, parking, associated infrastructure including new access, substation, attenuation pond and landscaping.
Land at the eastern end of Burnt Common Nurseries, London Road, Send, GU23 7JX
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01126
Alterations to the service yard including repositioning of kerb, two gas storage vessels, and associated plant equipment.
The Priestley Centre, 10 Priestley Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7YP
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01127
Erection of a two storey side extension together with new roof and alterations to existing single storey rear extensions, following demolition of the existing single storey side extension.
112 Frog Grove Lane, Guildford, GU3 3HA
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01128
Listed Building Consent for the erection of a two storey side extension together with new roof and alterations to existing single storey rear extensions, following demolition of the existing single storey side extension.
112 Frog Grove Lane, Guildford, GU3 3HA
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/D/00106/1
Discharge of Condition 3 (CEMP), 4 (cladding), 5 (lift tower), 6 (roof insultation), 7 (lift overun), 8 (door joinery) and 9 (gate and louvres) of planning permission 24/P/00085 approved 09/04/2024.
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3UX
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/D/00113
Discharge of Condition 3 (Construction and Environmental Management Plan) of Listed Buiding Consent 24/P/00088 approved 09/04/2024.
Yvoone Arnaud Theatre Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3UX
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/01129
Single storey rear extension.
70 New Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8LU
Received 29 Jul 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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