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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 dates6,337Searchable applications
896Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,066 approved or refused records
827Refused applications
4,239 approved · 827 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/01388
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the erection of a single storey detached outbuilding to rear garden.
Sherwood, High Park Avenue, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5DF
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01389
Listed Building Consent for the addition of a new stone panel to the rear elevation of the war memorial to enable the inscription of a fallen WW I soldier.
Seale War Memorial, Elstead Road, Seale, Farnham
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided18/P/02308/S106/3
Deed of variation is proposed to Clause 1 and the second schedule of the Section 106 agreement. Within Clause 1 the Principal Agreement is to be amended to reflect the change in the Affordable Indicative Mix, the Affordable Housing Units, the Affordable Rented Units and the Shared Ownership Units. The amounts will be changed from set numbers to percentages of the total number of dwellings . Amendments to the Second Schedule are also proposed to reflect this.
Land at May and Juniper Cottages, Ash Green Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6JH
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01390
Change of use from retail to office at 3 Station Approach and from flats to HMO at 3 & 4 Station Approach, alterations to elevations, new dormers, removal of chimney stacks, erection of a double garage and all associated landscaping works plus formation of a new access off Chart House Road.
3 and 4 Station Approach, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5LP
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01391
Replacement pitched roof over front porch and replacement pitched roof over existing single storey front projection (office).
Rowbarns Lodge, Guildford Road, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5RY
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01392
Retrospective application for retention of composite cladding to the dormer on the rear elevation. Loft conversion works completed under permitted development.
2 Palm Grove, Guildford, GU1 1JP
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01393
Proposed Garage extension with raise to ridge and associated roof alterations to improve the first floor layout.
Cranmere, The Avenue, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RA
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decided24/N/00118
Non Material Amendment to planning permission 21/P/02652 approved 09/03/2023 to amend the internal layout.
14 The Mount, Guildford, GU2 4HU
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/T/00238
Works to various trees as per tree schedule, section 5 (Shalford Conservation Area).
Debnershe, 15 The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BT
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01395
Erection of new double oak framed car barn to provide two covered parking spaces.
29 Tangier Road, Guildford, GU1 2DF
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/W/00089
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use of an agricultural building to a flexible use within General Industrial (Class B2), Storage or Distribution (Class B8) and Commercial/Business/Service (Class E(g)). In accordance with Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
Tudor Barn Farm, Woodhill, Fell Hill, Send, Woking, GU23 7JW
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/D/00143
Discharge of conditions 3 (CEMP) 5 (Materials plan) and 9 (BEMP) of planning permission 24/P/00479 approved 17/07/2024
Deer View House, 109A Poyle Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1DY
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/D/00053/4
Discharge of conditions 47 (Piling Consent), 48 (Piling Noise) & 49 (Piling Method Statement) of planning permission 24/P/00701 approved 04/4/2025.
Land bounded by the Friary Centre Bus Station, North Street, Leapale Road, Guildford, GU1
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01396
Proposed detached double garage.
Fairmile, Pennymead Rise, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AL
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01397
Change of use and conversion of existing outbuilding to a residential dwelling, including car parking, garden area, and all ancillary works.
Silverwood Cottages, Shere Road, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JD
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Withdrawn24/N/00119
Non Material Amendment for planning permission 23/P/02114 approved 06/06/2024 to amend the ceiling height to the required specification
3 Hilltop Close, Guildford, GU3 3HR
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01398
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use to establish whether use of buildings and land as a nursey within class E(f) would be lawful.
86 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 2BX
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided24/W/00090
Prior notification for a single storey 3.90 metre rear extension, 3.80 metres in height with an eaves height of 2.50 metres.
73 Guildford Park Road, Guildford, GU2 7ND
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/W/00091
Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) to determine if prior approval is required for the installation of a 38kWh photovoltaic system with battery storage up to 23.2 kWh.
Compton Village Club Limited, Spiceall, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1JQ
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/N/00120
Non Material Amendment of planning permission 24/P/00637 approved 01/07/2024 to add roof light to the approved extension
87 Lime Grove, Guildford, GU1 1PQ
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01399
Application under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for the variation of condition 2 (Drawing numbers) to make changes to the gable, fenestration, solar panels and the addition of an internal stair case and flue of application 22/P/01040, approved on 02/02/2023 for a proposed detached garden studio.
Whistlers Green, Foxburrow Hill Road, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0BU
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01400
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to remove condition 7 (removal of permitted development rights) of planning permission reference 11/P/00407 (approved on 06/05/2011) for a 'Two storey side extension following demolition of existing garage and coal store and single storey rear extensions (amended plans received 06/05/11)'.
Oakland Lodge, Wisley Lane, Wisley, Woking, GU23 6QA
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01401
Erection of 1 x 5 bed dwellinghouse and 1 x 6 bed dwellinghouse following the demolition of existing dwellinghouse.
Cherrytrees, 47 Potters Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7AJ
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided24/D/00144
Discharge of conditions 3 (Tree protection drawing) & 4 (Structural Engineers Statement) of planning permission 21/P/00930 approved 23/9/2024.
119 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4EB
Received 26 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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