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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.
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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 dates6,423Searchable applications
897Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,147 approved or refused records
841Refused applications
4,306 approved · 841 refused · 225 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/01459
Proposed semi-detached three bedroom dwelling.
Lilly Cottage, Mount Pleasant, West Horsley
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/W/00094
Prior notification for a single storey 6.00 metre rear extension, 3.5 metres in height with an eaves height of 2.85 metres.
97 Ash Church Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6LU
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01460
The creation of an 8 bed House in Multiple Occupation
32 Queen Eleanors Road, Guildford, GU2 7SL
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/T/00254
T1 Scots Pine - crown lift by removing lowest limb on western sector and prune two remaining low limbs, T2 Cedar - reduce lateral branching on north east and eastern sectors and rebalance the crown, T3 Cedar - reduce lateral branching on north east and eastern, and south east sectors and rebalance the crown (TPO P1/201/228)
Block A, Edgeborough House, Upper Edgeborough Road, Guildford, GU1 2BJ
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/T/00255
(T1) Conifer: Fell
Wildacre, Browns Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5NL
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01461
Single storey rear extension following the removal of existing conservatory. Addition of roof lights to the garage roof slope, alterations to the garage building rear windows and cladding to the external walls of the garage
Keepers Copse, Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PG
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01462
Upper storey flank extension with a hipped roof.
Russetts, Boughton Hall Avenue, Send, Woking, GU23 7DE
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01463
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the installation of an EV charging station would be lawful.
Parking adjoining garages north of 1, Hunter Road, Guildford, GU1 3LH
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Withdrawn24/P/01464
Installation of a domestic 12 kW air source heat pump.
Trusslers Green, 22 Cranley Road, Guildford, GU1 2JS
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01465
Retrospective planning application for the retention of a 1.8m tall fence adjacent to the highway, replacing an overgrown hedge.
80 Guildford Park Avenue, Guildford, GU2 7NN
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/W/00095
Application for prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 to add an additional storey.
Woodlands, Chapel Lane, Pirbright, Guildford, WOKING, GU24 0LU
Received 5 Oct 2024 - Decided24/T/00256
Apple tree - reduce by 3m all over (Waterden Road Cons Area)
Flat A, 59 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3LD
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/T/00257
Field Maple - Reduce all over by 3-5m. (Waterden Road Cons Area)
61 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3LD
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01466
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission 24/P/00136 for the erection of a detached dwelling to change the approved drawings
Woodlands Stables, Green Lane West, Ash, GU12 6DU
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decided24/W/00064/HR
Approval under Regulation 77 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, following the granting of prior approval for a change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert to four residential dwellings.
Surrey Alcohol And Drug Advisory Service, 14, Jenner Road, Guildford, GU1 3PL
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01467
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the erection of a garage attached to the existing dwelling with a double pitched roof would be lawful.
Heathfield, Heath Rise, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ET
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01468
Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Class C3), comprising 1 x one-bed sit apartment, 4 x one-bed apartments and 3 x two bed apartments, including erection of two first floor rear balconies with changes to fenestration with raised deck and steps to the rear (amended plans received 17/02/2024)
Pilgrims Court, Sydenham Road, Guildford, GU1 3RX
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/D/00155
Discharge of Condition 4 (water efficiency) 5 (Samples) of planning permission 23/P/01974 approved 06/02/2024.7
Rosedene Bungalow, Peaslake Lane, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RJ
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/01469
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether a change of fenestration on ground floor rear elevation and omission of first floor side elevation window would be lawful.
Inchcape, High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AE
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/D/00053/6
Discharge of condition 18 (Surface Water Drainage) 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 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/D/00156
Discharge of Conditions 4 (Hard and Soft Landscaping), 7 (Site Waste Management Plan), 8 (Water Efficiency), 9 (Secure cycle parking), 10 (Nature enhancement scheme),11 (Badger Survey) and 12 (Sustainability measures) of planning permission 23/P/01704 approved 11/06/24
Wynchmoor, Pursers Lane, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RE
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided24/T/00258
T1. Apple Tree - Neighboring Tree, Cut overhanging branches back to boundary. T2. Large Conifer Tree - Trim Top by approximately 0.5 meters and side again by approximately 0.5 meters. T3. Ash Trunk - Remove. G4. Mixed Species Trees in Corner - Remove. T5. Ash Trunk - Remove. G6. Area of Small Mixed Trees - Remove. G7. One Lime Tree and Two Sycamore Trees - Reduce back to previous Pollard points. T8. Sycamore Tree - Carefully dismantle to ground level. T9. Area of Four Hawthorn and One Yew Tree plus small bushes - Remove Yew and prune overhang brances from the Hawthorn Trees (Waterden Road Cons Area)
2 Sydney Place, Guildford, GU1 3NN
Received 8 Oct 2024 - Decided24/W/00096
Prior notification for a single storey 8.00 metre rear extension, 4.0 metres in height with an eaves height of 2.5 metres.
Chartwood, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TH
Received 8 Oct 2024 - Decided24/W/00097
Application for prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 to add an additional storey.
Chartwood, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TH
Received 8 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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