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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 dates6,456Searchable applications
897Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,179 approved or refused records
844Refused applications
4,335 approved · 844 refused · 226 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/00129
Non-material amendment to conditions 2, 8, 16, 20, 22, 23 and 31 to amend the position of 2no plots (157 & 158), moving them forward and to allow the erection of a second substation for UKPN of approved planning application 19/P/02223, approved 01/06/2022, which allowed the 'Hybrid (part full/part outline) application comprising: Full planning permission for 220 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), Travelling Showpeople plots (Sui Generis) and 81 sqm community facility (Use Class F.2(b)), with associated open space and landscaping, means of access, parking, drainage, utilities and infrastructure works, temporary and permanent acoustic fencing, and other associated works; and Outline planning permission, with all matters reserved except for access, for up to 300 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) with associated open space and landscaping (including a landscape bund and acoustic fencing), means of access, enabling infrastructure and other associated works.
Land at Garlicks Arch, Send Marsh/Burnt Common, Portsmouth Road, Send
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/N/00130
Non-material amendment to planning permission 23/P/01795, approved on 18/12/2023, to amend condition 2 (darwing numbers) to amend the fenestration by adding front and rear dormer and gable windows and a porch canopy.
Halfpenny House, Halfpenny Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8PZ
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01541
Works to public conveniences to increase toilet cubicles, alterations to entrance doors and windows including a canopy
The Old Fire Station, Middle Street, Shere, GU5 9HF
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01542
Listed Building Consent for works to public conveniences to increase toilet cubicles, alterations to entrance doors and windows including a canopy.
The Old Fire Station, Middle Street, Shere, GU5 9HF
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01543
Erection of a ground floor extension with alterations
Green Hedges, Chinthurst Lane, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JS
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01544
Retrospective application for the erection of coffin shed, two shepherd huts, lanterns, six access lights, and a cart port.
Clandon Wood Surrey Hills Natural Burial, Epsom Road, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7FN
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01545
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing development to establish whether an office building, tea hut, two water storage tanks, a pump house, storage container and paths around the site was completed more than four years ago from the date of this application.
Clandon Wood Surrey Hills Natural Burial, Epsom Road, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7FN
Received 22 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01546
Proposed single storey side and rear extension, conversion of garage into habitable accommodation and alterations to window sizes along with new vehicular crossover.
15 Leewood Way, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JN
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01547
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the conversion of the existing garage to habitable accommodation, changes to fenestration, roof alterations, including rear and side dormer windows and the insertion of rooflights (description amended 19/12/2024).
15 Leewood Way, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JN
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/W/00102
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA for the change of use of Class E space to form 6 apartments.
171A High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AJ
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided24/W/00103
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA for the change of use of Class E space to form 4 apartments.
173A High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AJ
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided24/W/00104
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA for the change of use of Class E space to form 3 apartments.
Site at Second Floor (Front), 173A High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AJ
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided24/W/00105
Prior notification under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert the first floor to 2 x 1 bedroom residential flats.
Oxto Energy Limited, First Floor Rear, 173A High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AJ
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided24/W/00106
Application for prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 to add an additional storey.
The Cottage, Pineside Piggeries, Pirbright Road, Normandy, GU3 2AL
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01548
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) for amendments to external materials and alterations to the terrace and garden enclosures of planning permission reference 23/P/00679 for the "Proposed erection of two detached two storey dwellings with associated parking, refuse and cycle store following the removal of 13 purpose built garages".
Land to the rear of, Bishopsmead Parade, East Horsley, KT24
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Received23/EC/00067/APL
Enforcement appeal reference: APP/Y3615/C/24/3354328
High Ryde, Old Lane, Cobham, KT11 1NJ
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01550
Installation of rooflight, changes to fenestration and other internal alterations.
Quarry Cottage, 1 Shalford Road, Guildford, GU1 3XL
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01551
Listed Building Consent for the installation of rooflight, changes to fenestration and other internal alterations.
Quarry Cottage, 1 Shalford Road, Guildford, GU1 3XL
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01552
Application under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for the variation of condition 5 (drawing numbers) to change the design, layout and footprint of the care home , approved under planning reference 23/P/00356 on 19/03/2024 for the outline planning permission with all matters in detail except landscaping for the demolition of the existing properties and the erection of a residential care home (C2 use class) with associated parking, access and development on land at Cothelstone and Field Fares, Clandon Road, Send GU23 7LA.(amended description 11 March 2025)
Land at Cothelstone and Field Fares, Clandon Road, Send, GU23 7LA
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01553
Creation of new vehicular access
1 Northside Cottages, Hurtmore Road, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2RL
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/T/00271
Oak - Reduction of branches on south west side by up to 2 metres or to appropriate pruning points. Crown lift to hight of 5 metres (TPO P1/201/181)
Land south of 4 Farm Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7AT
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01554
Erection of single storey rear extension following demolition of side conservatory.
23 Orchard Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8ER
Received 23 Oct 2024 - Decided24/T/00272
T1 Cherry - fell (East Clandon Cons Area)
Baytree Cottage, Ripley Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SE
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01555
Erection of a self build detached two storey dwelling with basement parking and associated landscaping following demolition of existing bungalow.
Stemming, Oakwood Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6QF
Received 24 Oct 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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