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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 dates6,253Searchable applications
896Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 4,987 approved or refused records
814Refused applications
4,173 approved · 814 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/N/00097
Non-material amendment to planning permission 24/P/00818 approved 23/07/2024 to change rear window on the single storey rear extension.
15 Amberley Close, Send, Woking, GU23 7BX
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Decided20/D/00099/12
Discharge of condition 11 (LEMP) of planning permission 21/P/01211 approved 3/10/2023.
Land at May and Juniper Cottages, Ash Green Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6JH
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Decided24/D/00121
Discharge of conditions 3 (Mechanical Ventilation), 4 (Plumbing Layout), 5 (Soil Pipe Details), 6 (Details Of Flooring) of planning permission 21/P/01357, approved 8/9/2021.
Send Barns, Send Barns Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7BT
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01173
Application under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for the removal of condition 4 (no additional windows or roof openings in the roof) of planning permission 00/P/01364, approved 22/08/2000 for the erection of one pair of 3 bedroom semi detached houses with home office/workshop building at rear following demolition of existing building.
Stocton Court, 91A Stocton Road, Guildford, GU1 1HD
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01174
Two storey detached pavilion building providing garaging and additional reception room/ lounge, together with changes to internal layout, and landscaping (revision to permission 23/P/02141).
Old River Cottage, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3XJ
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01175
Listed Building Consent for a detached two storey pavilion building providing garaging and additional reception room/ lounge, together with changes to internal layout, and landscaping.
Old River Cottage, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3XJ
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01176
Proposed loft conversion to include side and rear dormers.
Stocton Court, 91A Stocton Road, Guildford, GU1 1HD
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01177
Erection of single storey lower ground floor and ground floor rear extensions, first floor extension with roof terrace, roof alterations with roof windows and erection of detached outbuilding following demolition of existing outbuilding
36 Mountside, Guildford, GU2 4JE
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01178
Single storey side extension with rooflights and changes to fenestration
8 Woodside, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6NA
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01179
Erection of an ancillary outbuilding
Marigold Cottage, Halfpenny Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8PY
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01180
Proposed single storey side and near dormer with the addition of roof light, solar panels and changes to fenestration
Highfield Lees, Seale Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AX
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01181
Erection of proposed single storey side extension.
Home Farmhouse, The Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AH
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01182
Listed building consent for proposed single storey side extension
Home Farmhouse, The Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AH
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01183
Single storey rear extension and existing side utility room to be re-roofed together with a small overhang to create a traditional-style storm porch, following removal of the existing adjacent garage.
Syringa, Goose Rye Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RJ
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01184
Application under section 73, variation of condition 2 (Approved plans) and 11 (Cladding) of planning application 20/P/01148 approved 03/11/2022 for the proposed construction of 16 dwellings accessed via Hawthorn Close. To amend weatherboarding to brick, and amendments to the location and size of the fenestration on the first floor of plots 3, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 14.
Land south of, Beech Lane, Normandy, GU3 2JH
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01185
Retrospective application for the erection of front porch
27 Hornhatch, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8AZ
Received 6 Aug 2024 - Decided24/T/00198
T1- Medium sized Ash, remove due to ash die back, T2- Smaller sized ash, remove due to ash die back (TPO P1/201/202).
Worplesdon Rifle Range, Worplesdon Road, Guildford
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01186
Erection of swimming pool, associated buildings, air source heat pump and construction of patio
Dowgill, Woodhouse Lane, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NN
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01187
Certificate of Lawfulness to establish that a part two-storey, part single-storey side extension was substantially completed by no later than the 5th of September 2014.
Westering, Knob Field, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, RH5 6RJ
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01188
Proposed replacement of a side door and new path.
St Johns The Evangelist Church, Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 1HB
Received 7 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01189
Proposed new front boundary wall, entrance with new crossover, gates, landscaping & bike storage shed.
11 Clifford Manor Road, Guildford, GU4 8AG
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decided24/T/00199
Fell deemed dead Cypress tree. (TPO P1/201/243)
11 Ganghill, Guildford, GU1 1XE
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01191
Part one and part two storey side extension, single storey rear extension with balcony above on flat roof, fenestration changes, replacement outbuilding to include a self contained annex, stores and car port following demolition of existing stables and outbuildings, in ground swimming pool and formation of a new re-aligned driveway.
Slaters Oak, Effingham Common Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JF
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/01192
Replace dilapidated wooden fence along boundary with School Lane
The Gate House, Burrow Hill, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JS
Received 9 Aug 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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