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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4,490 approved · 863 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
76 Wodeland Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4LB
Received 7 Feb 2025146 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HJ
Received 7 Feb 2025146 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HJ
Received 7 Feb 2025Daphne Jackson Building, University Of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH
Received 7 Feb 2025Pet Doctors, 9 Manor Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1BL
Received 6 Feb 2025Land to the rear of, The Woodyard, Seale Lane, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1LD
Received 5 Feb 202576 Wodeland Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4LB
Received 7 Feb 202514 Beechcroft Drive, Guildford, GU2 7SA
Received 7 Feb 202520 Weald Close, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HX
Received 10 Feb 202571 Strathcona Avenue, Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23 4HR
Received 10 Feb 2025Lockner Holt House, Lockner Holt, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RG
Received 10 Feb 2025Chennells West, Brook Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DH
Received 10 Feb 2025Norwich House, 14 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4AF
Received 6 Feb 2025St Pauls Church Of England Infant School, West Ring, The Cardinals, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1EF
Received 10 Feb 2025Netherlands Wood, Staple Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9TE
Received 10 Feb 202512 New Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8LW
Received 11 Feb 2025Green Mead, Silkmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JQ
Received 11 Feb 202574 Homestall, Guildford, GU2 8JS
Received 11 Feb 2025The Workshop, Weston Road, Stoughton, Guildford, GU2 8AX
Received 11 Feb 2025Talland, 13 Beech Lane, Guildford, GU2 4ES
Received 11 Feb 202511 Dorton Way, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6BT
Received 11 Feb 2025Sunne Dene, 27 Roseacre Gardens, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RQ
Received 11 Feb 2025Oakdene, Forest Road, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BB
Received 11 Feb 2025Land to the rear of 94-96, Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8AQ
Received 11 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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