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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 dates6,315Searchable applications
896Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,046 approved or refused records
823Refused applications
4,223 approved · 823 refused · 219 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/P/01349
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether a single storey rear extension would be lawful.
Land to the east of Lea Cottage, Hook Lane, Shere, GU5 9QQ
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01350
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to determine whether the erection of a garage would be lawful
Rosewood Cottage, Hound House Road, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JH
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01351
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether a single storey front/side extension, single storey rear/side extension, conversion of garage to habitable accommodation, alterations to the roof of existing garage, and changes to fenestration would be lawful.
Typhina, 2A Holford Road, Guildford, GU1 2QF
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/T/00226
Turkey Oak - fell to ground level (Tree Preservation Order P1/201/293).
Falcons Nest, 8 Falconwood, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5EG
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01352
Erection of first floor side extension.
Flat, 28 Kings Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JU
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/T/00227
T138 Horse Chestnut - Crown Lift to provide 5 metres clearance over road. T141 Red Chestnut - Prune back low branch over road by 1.5 meters to reduce weight. T169 Goat Willow - Pollard at 2 meters. (Worplesdon Conservation Area)
Land at Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RD
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/T/00228
T147 Crack Willow - Prune tree clear of utility lines by 0.5 meters. T148 Common Oak - Remove deadwood greater than 20mm in diameter over road. Prune tree clear of utility lines 0.5 meters. T149 Common Oak - Remove deadwood greater than 20mm in diameter. T151 Common Oak - Remove deadwood greater than 20mm in diameter over road. Crown lift to 5m over the road. T162 Common Oak - Remove deadwood greater than 20mm in diameter over road. Crown lift to 5m over the road. T186 Goat Willow - Crown lift to 5m over the road. T192 Holly - Reduce height down to live growth. T195 Goat Willow - Crown lift to 5m over the road. T196 Ash - Crown lift 5m over the road. T197 Ash - Prune tree clear of utility lines by 0.5m. T198 Silver Birch - Prune tree clear of utility lines by 0.5m. T203 Paper Birch - Prune tree clear of utility lines by 0.5m. T204 Silver Birch - Prune tree clear of utility lines by 0.5m. T205 Horse Chestnut - Re-pollard at previous pollard points. (Worplesdon Conservation Area)
Land at Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RD
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/T/00229
T405 Common Oak - Crown lift to 5m over the road. T449 Goat Willow - Fell T456 Common Oak - Prune tree clear of utility lines by 0.5m. G457 Crack Willow - Pollard broken stem in group at 2m. T458 Ash - Remove branch encroaching onto utility lines. (Wood Street COnservation Area)
Land at Wood Street Grenn and White Hart Lane, Wood Street Village, GU3 3DY
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/T/00230
T388 Weeping Willow - reduce crown by 3m. Finished height of 10m with average radial spread of 5m. T395 Sycamore - Prune tree clear of utility lines by 1m and crown lift by 5m. T412 Crack Willow - Pollarded at 3m. Pollard -7. T423 Crack Willow - Pollard at a lower height of 10m Remove Elm trees from around the base. (Wood Street Conservation Area)
Land at White Hart Lane, Wood Street Village
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided23/D/00106/3
Partial discharge of condition 2 (Before construction condition survey) of planning application 23/W/00023. Approved 26/05/2023
Riverworks, Mary Road, Guildford, GU1 4QU
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decided24/W/00084
Prior notification under Part 3, Schedule 2, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of the third floor of building from Class E (Business) to Class C3 (5 residential dwellings).
Norwich House, 14 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4AF
Received 7 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01353
Proposed side and rear extension, hip to gable roof extension to include two front dormers and rear dormer following demolition of garage.
62 Envis Way, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3NJ
Received 20 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01354
Single storey rear extension, first floor side/rear extension, part conversion of garage to habitable accommodation , minor changes to fenestration and extended permeable parking area to front.
48 Northcote Crescent, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6LY
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01355
Proposed extended open air front parking, removal of garage roof, single storey rear extension, revised rear patio and steps, loft conversion with additional rooflights and changes to fenestration.
Auckland, 9 Warwicks Bench, Guildford, GU1 3SZ
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decided24/T/00231
G1 - X2 Portuguese Laurel -Reduce and reshape back to previous reduction points, approx. 0.5 meters, lift by 3 meters. T2 ? Dead Eucalyptus tree ? Fell as close to ground level. T3 - Beech tree ? Trim side back to previous reduction points approx 1 meter. T4 - Beech tree ? Trim side back to previous reduction points approx 1 meter. (East Horsley Conservation Area)
Crannies and Violet Cottage, Ockham Road South, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6RX
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01356
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the removal of existing lobby and erection of a single storey rear extension would be lawful.
Stable Cottage, Hook Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QQ
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decided24/N/00105
Non-material amendment to planning application 22/P/02032 approved 13/03/2023 to allow for alterations to the rear elevation with a reduction of glazing from the original proposal.
Hillcrest, Upper Street, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JE
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/W/00085
Prior notification for a single rear storey 4.02 metre rear extension, 3.35 metres in height with an eaves height of 2.25 metres.
9 Old Cross Tree Way, Ash Green, Guildford, GU12 6HT
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decided24/D/00137
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Ecology Report), 4 (Materials), 5 (Arboricultural), 6 (CTMP), 8 (Noise Report), 9 & 10 (Ground Contamination/Remediation Scheme) and 21 (Waste) of planning application 22/P/00174 approved 16/11/2023.
Vaglefield Farm, 89 Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2DF
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/D/00138
Discharge of condition 4 (Tree protection plan) of planning application 23/P/02048 approved 27/03/2024.
Talland, 13 Beech Lane, Guildford, GU2 4ES
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided23/D/00063/35
Discharge of condition 62 (piling) of planning application 20/P/02155 approved 30/03/2022.
Weyside Urban Village (Slyfield regeneration Programme), Slyfield Green, Guildford, GU1
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01357
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 5 (Operation Hours), to extend the opening hours of operation for petrol sales, of planning permission ref: 14/P/00257 (approved 14/04/2014), which granted permission for the construction of a new sales building and revised parking following demolition of existing sales building. (Description amended 06/11/2024).
Service Station, Portsmouth Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7JY
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01358
Proposed erection of 4x detached dwellings, to be 2-storey with rooms in the roof, following demolition of the existing dwelling and outbuildings with associated landscaping to provide ancillary amenity, refuse, cycle storage and parking.
Oaktrees, Clandon Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LA
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01359
Proposed construction of four flats.
Land adjacent and to rear of, 121 Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8BE
Received 16 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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