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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 dates6,349Searchable applications
897Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,077 approved or refused records
829Refused applications
4,248 approved · 829 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/01413
Conversion of loft space to habitable accommodation with 3 no. rear rooflights.
5A Station Parade, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6QN
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/N/00123
Non-material amendment to planning permission 21/P/02232 approved 28/03/2023 for changes to the unit mix and number reducing from 185 to 183 and a revised energy strategy.
Debenhams, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3UU
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01414
Erection of a single-storey rear extension, and dormer window to side on first floor roof
28 Woodlands Road, Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23 4HF
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01415
Retrospective planning permission for the erection of a single storey timber outbuilding in rear garden.
38 Gumbrells Close, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3NG
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01416
Proposed single storey side and rear extension. Demolition of garage and proposed outbuilding in rear garden. Alterations of existing dwelling including solar panels. Enlarged parking area in the front garden.
11 Meads Road, Guildford, GU1 2NB
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01417
Extensions and alterations including alterations to roof and single storey rear extension'.
170 Frog Grove Lane, Guildford, GU3 3HD
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01418
New roof with raised ridge to allow construction of habitable space with one dormer window and two rooflights to the front roofslope and two dormer windows and four rooflights to the rear roofslope. Solar panels to be installed to the front elevation and changes to fenestrations.
Malindi, The Highlands, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BG
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01419
Erection of two storey rear extension, attached timber pergola to rear and pitched roof to existing single storey flat roof to front of dwelling.
Summerlands, Portsmouth Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6EY
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/T/00243
Maple (T4) - remove badly damaged branch overhanging Epsom Road (Tree Preservation Order P1/201/166).
Merrow Lawn Tennis Club, Epsom Road, Guildford, GU4 7AA
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01420
Change of use from two dwellings at 38 and 38B Denzil Road to one dwelling, facilitated by the extensions and amendments approved under application 24/P/00785.
38 Denzil Road, Guildford, GU2 7NQ
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/T/00244
Apple Tree; to carry out an annual pruning programme for health of both tree and fruit. Prune non-productive buds, prune crossing laterals, and maintain good air flow through laterals to have too many spurs that may produce laden fruit which may cause laterals to fail. This application is for a hard prune of approximately two meters (Onslow Village Conservation Area).
14 Bannisters Road, Guildford, GU2 7QZ
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01421
Replacement garage and two storey rear extension.
The Nook, Pirbright Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2HT
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/T/00245
T1 - Sycamore situated in rear garden of property - re pollard tree in line with where it has been previously pollarded to approximately 2-3m, new growth to be removed (Charlotteville and Warren Road Conservation Area).
1 Cline Road, Guildford, GU1 3NB
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/CON/00029
Erection of a new salt barn without compliance with condition 4 of planning permission ref: GU22/CON/00018 dated 19July 2023 to allow amendments to the drainage details. This application is determined by Surrey County Council under their ref SCC_Ref_2024-0155
Land at Merrow Depot, Merrow Lane, Guildford, Surrey GU4 7BQ
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01422
To erect a first floor rear extension, a single storey front extension, to increase the number of bedrooms in a house of multiple occupations from 8 bedrooms 10 persons to 13 bedrooms 13 persons and for the siting of a caravan for storage use ancillary to the main house.
84 Old Farm Road, Guildford, GU1 1QR
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01423
Erection of new timber balcony at rear of property.
New Barn Cottage, New Barn Nurseries, London Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7JX
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01424
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the erection of a single-storey outbuilding would be lawful.
Tweseldown, 12 Bennett Way, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TN
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/01425
Installation of ASHP and EV charging infrastructure to serve existing dwelling with subterranean garage.
18 Woodcote, Guildford, GU2 4HQ
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01426
The construction of one Padel court within the residential curtilage of West Hall Farm.
West Hall Farm, Church Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JJ
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01427
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the construction of a new two-bay timber garage and store at the rear of the house with a new permable driveway built off the existing driveway would be lawful.
Whiteoaks, 6 Lansdown, Guildford, GU1 2LY
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided24/T/00246
Group of Laurel (near frontage of Mark Way) and one Holly - to be remove and scrub to be cleared and removed (Tree Preservation Order No. 7 of 2024).
Land between Squirrels Run, Priorsfield Road, Godalming, GU7 2RG and Bavins, Mark Way, Godalming, GU7 2BW
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01428
Erection of four dwellings following the removal of two existing garages and three existing outbuildings (additional information received 10/03/2025 & 21/03/2025 regarding BNG and visibility splays & amended Location Plan received 06/05/2025 to include visibility splay and highway works).
land to the rear of 94 to 97 Send Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7HN
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Awaiting decision24/P/01429
Construction of a two-storey side extension, part single, part two storey rear extension to allow for the creation of a new end of terrace dwelling, along with extended dropped kerb following demolition of side extension (Amended drawings received 23/04/25, 02/03/26 and 27/05/26).
28 Cedar Way, Guildford, GU1 1JH
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01430
Demolition of existing garage and erection of part two / part single storey side and rear extension together with a single storey rear conservatory.
4 Hilgay Close, Guildford, GU1 2EN
Received 1 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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