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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Guildford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,372 approved · 853 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The Shed Factory, Portsmouth Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6EW
Received 15 Nov 2024Land south of Ruston Cottage, Eashing Lane, Godalming, GU8 5EP
Received 15 Nov 20243 White Rose, Guildford Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6BE
Received 15 Nov 2024Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX
Received 18 Nov 2024126 Addison Road, Guildford, GU1 3QF
Received 18 Nov 202418 Bladon Close, Guildford, GU1 1TY
Received 18 Nov 2024Land at Burpham Court Farm, Clay Lane, Burpham, Guildford, GU4 7NA
Received 14 Nov 202419 Rydes Hill Road, Guildford, GU2 9ST
Received 18 Nov 2024Land at the rear of 75 Glaziers Lane, Normandy, GU3 2EA
Received 18 Nov 2024The Three Pigeons, 169 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AJ
Received 18 Nov 2024Clandon Park (National Trust). West Clandon. Guildford, GU4 7RQ
Received 18 Nov 2024Clandon Park (National Trust). West Clandon. Guildford, GU4 7RQ
Received 18 Nov 20242 Lower Northfield, Church Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AW
Received 18 Nov 2024Pilgrims, 38 Summersbury Drive, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JQ
Received 18 Nov 2024Sandy Farm Business Centre, Sands Road, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1PX
Received 24 Oct 2024Lilac Cottage, 5 Queen Street, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LY
Received 19 Nov 2024Newmarsh Farm, Horsley Road, Cobham, KT11 3JX
Received 19 Nov 2024Cherry Hill, Burrows Lane, Gomshall, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QE
Received 19 Nov 2024Beech Cottage, The Street, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EG
Received 19 Nov 2024Beech Cottage, The Street, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EG
Received 19 Nov 2024Merrow House Cottage, Merrow Street, Guildford, GU4 7AN
Received 19 Nov 202422 Saffron Platt, Guildford, GU2 9XZ
Received 19 Nov 2024Coombeside, Upper Street, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JA
Received 20 Nov 202420 Beechcroft Drive, Guildford, GU2 7SA
Received 20 Nov 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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