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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.
4,574 approved · 876 refused · 239 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Court Mead, 6 Guildown Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HB
Received 12 Mar 2025Greenacres, Forest Road, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BT
Received 12 Mar 2025Cooks Place, Sherbourne, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9BJ
Received 12 Mar 2025Bramshaw, Lower Farm Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JJ
Received 12 Mar 2025Guildford Plaza, Portsmouth Road, Guildford GU2 4DH
Received 12 Mar 2025Shalford Infant School, Station Row, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BY
Received 12 Mar 2025Lake House, Mill Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RP
Received 12 Mar 2025Land to the North East of, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU1 1RR
Received 12 Mar 2025Land to the North East of, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU1 1RR
Received 12 Mar 2025London And Middlesex Rifle Association, Club Row, Bisley Camp, Brookwood
Received 12 Mar 2025Land to East of White Lane and West of Chestnut Lodge, Drovers Way, Ash Green Guildford, GU12 6HY
Received 12 Mar 2025Orchard Farm, Harpers Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6DE
Received 12 Mar 2025Orchard Farm, Harpers Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6DE
Received 12 Mar 20251 Darfield Road, Guildford, GU4 7YY
Received 13 Mar 202529 East Ring, The Cardinals, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1EE
Received 13 Mar 202519 Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4ET
Received 13 Mar 2025Ruscote, 64 Boxgrove Road, Guildford, GU1 1UD
Received 13 Mar 2025Valentines Farm, Rose Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6NE
Received 13 Mar 202536 Stringers Avenue, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU4 7NW
Received 13 Mar 202536 Stringers Avenue, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU4 7NW
Received 13 Mar 2025Beaufort House, 31 Chertsey Street, Guildford, GU1 1HA
Received 13 Mar 2025Driftway Cottage, Dorking Road, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9NY
Received 13 Mar 2025Land north of Hareward Road and west of, Jasons Drive, Guildford, GU4 7XG
Received 13 Mar 2025Wynchmoor, Pursers Lane, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RE
Received 14 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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