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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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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Guildford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,503 approved · 865 refused · 236 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Pavement outside 28-30 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3EL
Received 20 Feb 202565-66 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4AH
Received 20 Feb 202565-66 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4AH
Received 20 Feb 2025Land at Merrow Depot, Merrow Lane, Guildford, GU4 7BQ
Received 20 Feb 202514 Guildown Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HB
Received 20 Feb 20255 Park View Close, Guildford, GU2 8FS
Received 20 Feb 202513 Markenfield Road, Guildford, GU1 4PB
Received 21 Feb 2025Santong, Hogs Back, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1LA
Received 21 Feb 202529 Weylea Avenue, Guildford, GU4 7YN
Received 21 Feb 2025Merrow Business Park, Merrow Lane, Guildford, GU4 7WA
Received 21 Feb 2025Dambrezi, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6EW
Received 21 Feb 2025Four Oaks, Woodland Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AN
Received 21 Feb 202579 Northcote Crescent, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6LX
Received 21 Feb 2025Maybankes, Tannery Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7EF
Received 21 Feb 2025Beevers Farm, Chinthurst Lane, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0DR
Received 21 Feb 2025Waterloo Farm, Ockham Road North, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6PE
Received 21 Feb 2025Woodside, New Road, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DB
Received 21 Feb 202555 Ellison Way, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1AY
Received 21 Feb 202519 Levylsdene, Guildford, GU1 2RT
Received 21 Feb 2025Arcadia, 1 Felday Glade, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6PG
Received 21 Feb 202517 Bannisters Road, Guildford, GU2 7RA
Received 24 Feb 2025251 Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9XN
Received 24 Feb 202550-52 The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AR
Received 24 Feb 202521 Stocton Road, Guildford, GU1 1HH
Received 24 Feb 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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