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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 dates6,656Searchable applications
899Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,365 approved or refused records
865Refused applications
4,500 approved · 865 refused · 236 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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
- Decided25/P/00198
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 2 (Approved Drawings) to increase the width, elevational treatment and fenestration of the north-west extension, change the door location of the front extension and amend the rooflight proportions of planning permission 24/P/01326, approved 16/10/2024 for the variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission 23/P/01664, approved 30/11/2023, for single storey front extension to form bay window, front porch canopy,� single storey side/rear extension, external rear swimming pool and plant with associated landscaping, fenestration changes including new windows, three rooflights and first floor render following demolition of conservatory, chimney stacks above roof level and inglenook fireplace.
Courtland, 14A Warwicks Bench, Guildford, GU1 3TG
Received 14 Feb 2025 - Decided25/P/00199
Erection of a rear patio (retrospective)
28 Norwood Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5NT
Received 14 Feb 2025 - Decided25/P/00200
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether an outbuilding would be lawful.
Broadmeade Copse, Westwood Lane, Wanborough, Guildford, GU3 2JN
Received 14 Feb 2025 - Decided25/P/00201
Replacement of single glazed windows with double glazed windows.
26 Bannisters Road, Guildford, GU2 7QZ
Received 17 Feb 2025 - Decided25/N/00014
Non-material amendment to condition 3 (materials) of planning permission 24/P/01574 approved 19/12/2024 to replace the existing french doors with aluminium french doors (description amended 20/03/2025).
2 Wellers Court, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JU
Received 14 Feb 2025 - Decided25/T/00028
Cherry Tree - Fell to ground level (Conservation Area)
74 Stoke Fields, Guildford, GU1 4LT
Received 17 Feb 2025 - Decided25/P/00202
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use to establish that the building to the west of Down Cottage has been utilised for ancillary residential use (Class C3) and the land has been used as residential curtilage at Down Cottage for a period of 10 years before the date of this application. (Description amended 23.10.2025)
Down Cottage, 6 Guildford Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9BG
Received 17 Feb 2025 - Decided25/W/00019
Prior notification for the demolition of 3 storey building under Class B, Part 11, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (As Amended) at 36-38 Moorfield Road, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Guildford, GU1 1RU
36-38 Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU1 1RU
Received 17 Feb 2025 - Decided25/P/00203
Change of use from a Class B2 use to a flexible use of either B2 or B8 with ancillary office space on the mezzanine level (retrospective)
4 Slyfield Industrial Estate, Westfield Road, Guildford, GU1 1RR
Received 17 Feb 2025 - Decided23/D/00121/3
Discharge of condition 3 (External Material Schedule) and condition 8 (Archaeological Monitoring) of planning permission 24/P/00107 approved 17/04/2024.
87 The Street, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6BG
Received 11 Feb 2025 - Decided25/W/00020
Prior notification for a single storey 5.00 metre rear extension, 3.85 metres in height with an eaves height of 2.90 metres.
29 Leewood Way, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JN
Received 17 Feb 2025 - Decided25/P/00204
Proposed single storey rear extension together with a front porch.
Oakdene, Beetons Avenue, Ash, Guildford, GU12 5DH
Received 17 Feb 2025 - Decided25/P/00205
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations.
60 Chertsey Street, Guildford, GU1 4HL
Received 17 Feb 2025 - Decided25/N/00015
Non material amendment to planning permission 22/P/00367 approved 12/12/2023. Alterations to the exterior design, fenestration and internal layout
The Firs, Ash Green Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6JJ
Received 17 Feb 2025 - Decided25/P/00207
Proposed single-storey side return (infill) extension to side/rear incorporating 1no. skylight.
37 Down Road, Guildford, GU1 2PY
Received 17 Feb 2025 - Decided25/T/00030
Alder Tree (T1) - crown lift to 4m and overall reduction by up to 2.5m to reshape and rebalance tree (Pirbright Conservation Area).
5 Gibbs Acre, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JX
Received 17 Feb 2025 - Decided25/N/00016
Non material amendment to condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission 24/P/01365 approved 13/11/2024. Alterations to fenestration, internal layout and the addition of a new roof window.
6 New Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8LW
Received 18 Feb 2025 - Decided24/D/00053/7
Discharge of Conditions 3 (roofing materials), 5 (fenestration and balcony details) and 6 (vents, flues, downpipes,satellite dishes, all roof plant and machinery and lift over-runs details) of planning permission 24/P/00701 approved 04/4/2025 (Partial discharge for Blocks A and B3)
Land bounded by the Friary Centre Bus Station, North Street, Leapale Road, Guildford, GU1
Received 18 Feb 2025 - Decided25/P/00209
Proposed loft conversion to habitable accommodation with rear dormer window.
51A Yew Tree Drive, Guildford, GU1 1PE
Received 18 Feb 2025 - Decided25/P/00210
Proposed single storey rear extension.
37 Elmside, Guildford, GU2 7SH
Received 18 Feb 2025 - Decided23/D/00186/12
Discharge of Condition 16 (Refuse Strategy) of planning permission 22/P/01083 approved 18/8/2023
Orchard Farm, Harpers Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6DE
Received 18 Feb 2025 - Decided25/D/00023
Discharge of Conditions 27 (Noise Assessment), 33 (SWMP) and 40 (CTMP) of planning permission 21/P/02565 approved 20/12/2024
Guildford Railway Station, Station View, Guildford
Received 18 Feb 2025 - Withdrawn25/P/00211
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 6 (Approved Drawings) to add roof coverings and an acoustic barrier along the south-west boundary of planning permission 22/P/01023, approved on 31/08/2022 for Variation of conditions 4 (outline application - drawing numbers) and 6 (full planning application - drawing numbers) of planning permission 20/P/02067, approved on 15/02/2022, to allow for a revised location of the proposed substation.
Manor Farm, East Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6HQ
Received 18 Feb 2025 - Decided25/T/00031
T1 - Wellingtonia - remove tree to ground level due to declining health and dying tree canopy T2 - Sycamore - remove to ground level due to being a dead standing tree (Tree Preservation Order P1/201/212).
Land adjacent to 1 Redwood Close, Guildford, GU1 2NP
Received 18 Feb 2025
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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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