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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.
4,490 approved · 863 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Westonfields, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AR
Received 4 Feb 2025Stable Cottage, Hook Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QQ
Received 4 Feb 202513 Chestnut Way (Plot 43), Ada Gardens, East Horsley, Surrey, KT24 6PU
Received 4 Feb 2025Land to the rear of 168,, The Street, West Horsley, KT24 6HS
Received 4 Feb 2025The Courtyard, Wisley Lane, Wisley, Woking, GU23 6QL
Received 4 Feb 2025The Courtyard, Wisley Lane, Wisley, Woking, GU23 6QL
Received 4 Feb 20256 Wilderness Road, Guildford, GU2 7QN
Received 4 Feb 2025The Friary, Onslow Street, Guildford, GU1 4YR
Received 5 Feb 202583 Guildford Park Road, Guildford, GU2 7ND
Received 4 Feb 2025Greystones, Westwood Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2JJ
Received 5 Feb 202540 High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AZ
Received 5 Feb 2025Cherry Hill, Burrows Lane, Gomshall, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QE
Received 5 Feb 2025Chartwood, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TH
Received 5 Feb 2025Manor Farmhouse, Elstead Road, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1HU
Received 5 Feb 202510 Caledon Place, Guildford, GU4 7YX
Received 5 Feb 2025St Pauls Church Of England Infant School, West Ring, The Cardinals, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1EF
Received 6 Feb 2025133C Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9XA
Received 6 Feb 2025White Horse Yard, High Street, Ripley, GU23 6BB
Received 6 Feb 202515 Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU1 1RU
Received 6 Feb 2025Former Bus Depot & 7 Ridgemount, Guildford, GU2 7TH
Received 6 Feb 2025Garages north of 1, Hunter Road, Guildford, GU1 3LH
Received 6 Feb 2025Mount Pleasant House, 2 Mount Pleasant, Guildford, GU2 4HZ
Received 6 Feb 2025Wood End, Forest Road, Effingham Junction, Leatherhead, KT24 5HD
Received 6 Feb 202559 Curling Vale, Guildford, GU2 7PH
Received 6 Feb 2025Records 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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