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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 dates6,479Searchable applications
897Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,200 approved or refused records
847Refused applications
4,353 approved · 847 refused · 228 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 2023 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/00163
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) 10 (Lemp) 11 (Cemp) 12 (External Lighting) 16 (Badger Survey) 17 (Boundary Treatment) 18 Water Efficiency) of planning application 23/P/00988. Approved 24/09/2024
Greenacre, Ockham Road North, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6PF
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01585
Listed building consent for the repairs of damask silk wallpaper to include new cap and rack traditional blinds with UV restricting fabric.
West Horsley Place, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AN
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01586
Erection of 8 internally illuminated signs. 5 along the perimeter road at the University of Surrey Stag Hill Campus and 3 on the Manor Park Campus. Please refer to site & location plans submitted.
Stag Hill and Manor Park Campus, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01587
Advertising Consent for the erection of 8 internally illuminated signs. 5 along the perimeter road at the University of Surrey Stag Hill Campus and 3 on the Manor Park Campus.
Stag Hill and Manor Park Campus, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7HX
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/D/00164
Discharge of condition 3 (ecological statement) of planning application 24/P/01008. Approved 30/04/2024
121 Park Barn Drive, Guildford, GU2 8EU
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01588
Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for the erection of a single storey rear extension.
Ash Trees, Green Lane East, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2JL
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Withdrawn24/W/00107
Prior notification for a single storey 7.00 metre rear extension, 3.20 metres in height with an eaves height of 3.20 metres together with a single storey side extension and a two storey rear extension.
Heathfield, Heath Rise, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ET
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/T/00280
Fell 1 Black Pine protected by a Tree Preservation Order and in Millmead and Portsmouth Road Conservation Area.
8 Flower Walk, Guildford, GU2 4EP
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Withdrawn24/D/00141/1
Discharge of condition 9 (visibilty splays) of planning application 23/P/01369. Approved 15/08/2024.
27 Carfax Avenue, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1BD
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01589
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 2 (Approved Drawings) to substitute planning approved drawings with revised operationally complaint design proposals. of planning permission Ref:22/P/00508 approved 03/11/23 for the 'Demolition of existing gas holder and ancillary buildings and erection of self-storage warehouse building (Class B8) with associated parking, access works and landscaping' to allow for 24-hour access when required and implementation of approved car parking layout.Demolition of existing building for the construction of new replacement Care Home comprising 52 bedrooms with associated parking layout and Landscaping at the existing site of Robertson Nursing Home.
Robertson Nursing Home, Priorsfield Road, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2RF
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/T/00281
(T1) Veteran Apple- Reduce back lateral growth to minimise risk of collapse. (T2) English Oak- Crown lift to leave 2.5m clearance over footpath and 5.3 m over highway (T3) Holm Oak- Crown lift minor growth to leave a 5.3m clearance, reduce back the branch tips by 2.5-3m to leave approximately 7m from trunk (max wound size 140mm diameter) (T4) Mature London Plane- Reduce back branch tips by approx 2m (max wound size 60mm).(Effingham Conservation area)
The Old Vicarage, Church Street, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5LX
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01590
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 14 (refuse storage) to change the current refuse store locations to be altered to the new positions as shown on the attached drawing number 753/06d of planning permission Ref: 22/P/01205 approved 30/05/23 for the erection of 10 dwellinghouses (four detached and three pairs ofsemi-detached), open space, landscaping, parking and access including land for potential burial ground extension)
Land at, Church Street, Effingham, KT24
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01591
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use to establish whether 'sitting a mobile home (caravan) within the residential curtilage of Woodhead Cottage, for ancillary use to the main dwellinghouse would be lawful.
Woodhead Cottage, Binton Lane, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1LG
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01592
Erection of 3no. detached dwellings with associated parking and gardens following demolition of existing dwelling
Tangley Lea, New Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8LZ
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01593
Install a Ground mount 7kW solar array (14x 500w panels) with Tesla Powerwall 3 inverter and storage
Little Rowbarns, Green Dene, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5RQ
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01594
Extension/remodelling of existing detached garage. Amendment to planning permission 21/P/02667.
Chaucers, Puttenham Road, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1HP
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01595
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the erection of a single storey side extension together with an outbuilding.
Tabiat, Cobbett Hill Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AA
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01596
Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3), to provide one, one-bedroom apartment with raised deck and external steps to the rear (amended plans received 17/02/2024).
Pilgrims Court, Sydenham Road, Guildford, GU1 3RX
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01597
Proposed new church power supply, installation of a solar PV system and an air conditioning system.
St Johns The Evangelist Church, Stoke Road, Guildford
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/D/00165
Discharge of condition 3 (Mood Board Materials), 4 (Water Calculations), 5 (Site Waste Management Plan), 7 (Bird Nesting Box Locations), 8 (Parking Plan), 9 (Bike Storage and E-bike Charging), 11 (Surface Water) and 12 (SAP) of planning application 24/P/00359. Approved 12/06/2024.
15 Tilehouse Road, Guildford, GU4 8AP
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01598
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the erection two single storey side extensions and minor front and rear fenestration changes.
The Duchies Cottage, Mill Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0BT
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decided24/N/00133
Non material amendment to alter the fenestration of approved application 21/P/02396, approved 04/08/2023 which allowed the erection of three storey dwelling following the existing demolition of existing detached garage.
22 Hilgay, Guildford, GU1 2ED
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01599
Proposed two storey side extension following demolition of detached garage.
18 Carfax Avenue, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1BH
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01600
Proposed single storey rear extension.
75 Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9RT
Received 31 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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