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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.
4,558 approved · 876 refused · 239 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Springfield Road, Guildford, GU1 4DP
Received 5 Mar 2025Wren Cottage, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TD
Received 5 Mar 202573 Rydes Hill Road, Guildford, GU2 9SP
Received 6 Mar 2025Land at rear of 43-45, Station Road, Shalford, GU4 8HA
Received 6 Mar 2025Lot A1, Westwood Lane, Wanborough, Guildford, GU3
Received 21 Feb 20255 Chantry Quarry, Guildford, GU1 3AF
Received 6 Mar 202597 Weston Road, Guildford, GU2 8AS
Received 6 Mar 20252 Church Street, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5NA
Received 6 Mar 20259 Marlyns Close, Guildford, GU4 7LR
Received 6 Mar 2025Crooksbury Lodge, Smugglers Way, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1NA
Received 6 Mar 2025Srixon Sports Europe Limited, Network 331 Industrial Park, Lysons Avenue, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5QF
Received 6 Mar 202519 Ash Street, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6LD
Received 6 Mar 2025White Horse Yard, High Street, Ripley, GU23 6BB
Received 6 Mar 20258 Scholars Walk, Guildford, GU2 7TR
Received 6 Mar 2025Store Rear Of 4, 4 Station Parade, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6QN
Received 6 Mar 2025Mayfield, The Warren, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5RH
Received 6 Mar 20253 and 4 Station Approach, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5LP
Received 6 Mar 2025Guildford Golf Club, Grove Road, Guildford, GU1 2HL
Received 6 Mar 2025Blythewood, The Highlands, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BQ
Received 6 Mar 202582 Byrefield Road, Guildford, GU2 9UA
Received 6 Mar 2025St Mary The Virgin Church, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RE
Received 6 Mar 202514 Greencroft, Guildford, GU1 2SY
Received 6 Mar 2025Wrens Cottage, Silkmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JQ
Received 7 Mar 202596 Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 4JN
Received 7 Mar 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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