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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates6,312Searchable applications
896Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,043 approved or refused records
822Refused applications
4,221 approved · 822 refused · 219 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/D/00119/1
Discharge of condition 2 (Flood evacuation) of planning application 21/W/00094 (APP/Y3615/W/22/3295114). Approved 27/04/2023
57 Ladymead, Guildford, GU1 1BZ
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decided22/D/00075/10
Discharge of condition 15 (external details parts f) porches, g) chimneys and i) dormer windows) of planning application 19/P/02223. Approved 01/06/2021
Land at Garlicks Arch, Send Marsh/Burnt Common, Portsmouth Road, Send
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01333
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether a loft conversion to include two front rooflights and rear dormer with a Juliet balcony would be lawful.
Garden Cottage, 26A Gardner Road, Guildford, GU1 4PG
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Appeal decided24/P/01334
Erection of two three bedroom semi detached dwellings
36 Ash Church Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6LX
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01335
Replacement of rear projection with new extension, entrance and associated works
Hays House, Millmead, Guildford, GU2 4HJ
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01336
Conversion of loft space to habitable accommodation together with side and rear dormers and rooflights
7 Compton Heights, Guildford, GU3 1DA
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01337
Advertising Consent for three new illuminated static facia signs to replace existing signs.
Dolphin House, 1-7 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4AA
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01338
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether a single storey rear extension would be lawful.
Merrybrook, Horsham Road, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, RH5 6RD
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided18/D/00100/22
Discharge of Condition 25 (verification report) of planning permission 14/P/02168 approved 27/2/2018.
Guildford Railway Station, Station View, Guildford
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01339
Single storey rear extension.
70 Wyke Avenue, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EA
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided24/T/00224
T1 ? Sycamore - Remove & treat stump S2 ? Cherry Laurel - Remove & treat stump C7 ? Ivy - Remove & treat stump (Waterden Road Conservation Area).
4 Hunter House, Hunter Road, Guildford, GU1 3LQ
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01340
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether a rear dormer window, front rooflights and 1m high timber fence and sliding gate would be lawful
88 Linden Way, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6LP
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided24/N/00104
Non material amendment of planning application 23/P/01189, approved on 04/09/2023 for the proposed alteration to the front light well.
22 Sandfield Terrace, Guildford, GU1 4LN
Received 5 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01341
Erection of double garage following demolition of existing garage
1 Holly Cottages, Wood Street Green, Wood Street Village, Guildford, GU3 3DX
Received 6 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01342
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to remove condition 1 (agricultural occupancy) of planning permission Ref: 81/P/1393 for the 'amendment to agricultural occupancy condition imposed on planning permission GU/R 7867 ? BG98/c dated 27 March 1963 to permit occupation of dwelling by a retired agricultural or forestry worker at 1 Wix Cottages, Shere Road, West Horsley'.
1 Wix Cottages, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6EH
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01343
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether a single storey rear extension would be lawful.
6 Merrow Chase, Guildford, GU1 2RY
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01344
Two storey side extension, with first floor extension, together with a single storey rear extension and new detached garage.
Ruskin, Green Dene, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5RG
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decided24/T/00225
Fell bay tree (Stoke Fields Cons Area)
59 Stoke Fields, Guildford, GU1 4LT
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01345
Erection of single storey rear extension together with roof lights, changes to fenestration, and exterior wall changes to include new render and cladding
Maple Mead, Summers Lane, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2RR
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01346
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to determine whether the creation of a basement would be lawful
Gardeners Cottage, White Lane, Guildford, GU4 8PS
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided22/D/00067/12
Discharge of condition 13 (phase one survey) and 14 (remediation scheme) of planning application 20/P/01128. Approved 17/02/2022.
The Queen Stage, The Street, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5LU
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided24/D/00136
Discharge of conditions 3 (Site Waste Management Plan) and 4 (Construction Transport Management Plan) of planning application 24/P/00285. Approved 14/06/2024.
Oaktrees, Clandon Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LA
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decided24/W/00083
Prior notification for a single storey 5.00 metre rear extension, 3.40 metres in height with an eaves height of 2.25 metres.
61 Almond Close, Guildford, GU1 1NW
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01348
Listed Building Consent for stripping out of redundant joinery fittings, light fittings, heating radiators. Repairs and maintenance to rainwater goods, stonemasonry, brickwork, plaster, windows. Supply of new light fittings, decoration works, building new WCs and associated construction works.
The Old Cloth Hall, North Street, Guildford, GU1 4AW
Received 12 Sept 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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