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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.
4,574 approved · 876 refused · 239 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Annexe, White Lane, Ash Green, Guildford, GU12 6HJ
Received 18 Mar 20254 Guildford Business Park, Guildford Business Park Road, Guildford, GU2 8SG
Received 18 Mar 202511 Curling Vale, Guildford, GU2 7PJ
Received 18 Mar 202510 Maple Lane, East Horsley, KT24 6FT
Received 18 Mar 202530 Cline Road, Guildford, GU1 3NB
Received 18 Mar 20256 Lawn Road, Guildford, GU2 4DE
Received 18 Mar 2025Drift Barn, The Drift, East Horsley, KT24 6NU
Received 18 Mar 2025224 London Road, Guildford, GU4 7HR
Received 18 Mar 20254 Burnet Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1YD
Received 18 Mar 2025243 Southway, Guildford, GU2 8DT
Received 19 Mar 2025160 New Road, Chilworth, GU4 8LX
Received 19 Mar 2025St Lukes Health Centre, Warren Road, Guildford, GU1 3JH
Received 17 Mar 2025Land at May and Juniper Cottages, Ash Green Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6JH
Received 17 Mar 2025Woodlands Stables,, Green Lane West, Ash, GU12 6DU
Received 19 Mar 202515 Peterborough Road, Guildford, GU2 9SY
Received 19 Mar 2025Urn Field, Downside Road, Guildford GU4 8PH
Received 19 Mar 2025Urn Field, Downside Road, Guildford, GU4 8PH
Received 19 Mar 2025The Cloisters, London Road, Guildford, GU1 1FY
Received 19 Mar 2025Land to the South of Stumps Grove Farm, Whitehill Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PJ
Received 20 Mar 202533 The Croft, Ash, Guilford, GU12 6FA
Received 20 Mar 2025Clive Lodge, Church Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AQ
Received 20 Mar 2025Raeburn, Bush Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7HP
Received 20 Mar 2025Stag Hill House, University Of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XJ
Received 20 Mar 2025197 Applegarth Avenue, Guildford, GU2 8LP
Received 20 Mar 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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