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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4,558 approved · 876 refused · 239 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Meads Road, Guildford, GU1 2NB
Received 7 Mar 2025Rosebank, Westwood Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2JJ
Received 7 Mar 2025Newlyn, Cross Lanes, Guildford, GU1 2EF
Received 7 Mar 2025Telecommunications site, Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 1EZ
Received 7 Mar 202519A Ash Street, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6LA
Received 7 Mar 2025250 Grange Road, Guildford, GU2 9QY
Received 7 Mar 2025Guildford Rowing Club, Shalford Road, Guildford, GU1 3XL
Received 7 Mar 2025Richmond House, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3XJ
Received 11 Sept 202412 Chestnut Way (Plot 44), Ada Gardens, East Horsley, KT24 6PU
Received 10 Mar 2025Pound Cottage, Old Merrow Street, Guildford, GU4 7AY
Received 10 Mar 20252 Clockbarn Way, Send, Woking, GU23 7BG
Received 10 Mar 2025Lauren, South Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6NG
Received 10 Mar 202538 Markenfield Road, Guildford, GU1 4PD
Received 10 Mar 20253 Orchard Gardens, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5NR
Received 10 Mar 202531 Addison Road, Guildford, GU1 3QQ
Received 10 Mar 202516 Dene Road, Guildford, GU1 4DB
Received 10 Mar 2025Fallowfield, Puttenham Hill, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AH
Received 10 Mar 202540 Alan Turing Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7YF
Received 10 Mar 2025Fitzpatrick Referrals Oncology And Soft Tissue Hospital, 70 Priestley Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7AJ
Received 10 Mar 20255 Stirling House, Stirling Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7RF
Received 10 Mar 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 10 Mar 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 10 Mar 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 10 Mar 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 10 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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