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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.
4,582 approved · 877 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Pilgrim House, Quarry Street, Guildford, GU1 3XY
Received 20 Mar 20253 Church Court, Foxenden Road, Guildford, GU1 4DY
Received 20 Mar 202512 Little Orchard Way, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JY
Received 20 Mar 2025Elbridge, Fullers Farm Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6ES
Received 20 Mar 2025Land at May and Juniper Cottages, Ash Green Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6JH
Received 20 Mar 202541 Underwood Avenue, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6PL
Received 20 Mar 2025Elbridge, Fullers Farm Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6ES
Received 20 Mar 2025Halsey Cottage, 36 Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2DG
Received 20 Mar 2025Halsey Cottage, 36 Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2DG
Received 20 Mar 2025Tillingbourne House, Shalford Road, Guildford, GU4 8BL
Received 20 Mar 2025Nirvana, Orchard Close, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5EZ
Received 20 Mar 2025Former Westway car park, Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8YH
Received 20 Mar 202513 Willow Drive, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2EJ
Received 20 Mar 2025Bexon, School Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JN
Received 4 Mar 2025Carpenters Field, Highfield Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1BB
Received 20 Mar 20255 Litchfield Way, Guildford, GU2 7QL
Received 21 Mar 2025The Oaks, Pound Farm Lane, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Received 21 Mar 20253 Heather Close, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5EP
Received 21 Mar 202518 Merrow Chase, Guildford, GU1 2RY
Received 21 Mar 202525 Burnet Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1YD
Received 21 Mar 202522 Woodruff Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1XT
Received 21 Mar 202521 Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UX
Received 21 Mar 2025Gresham, Blacksmith Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NQ
Received 17 Mar 2025Oak Lodge, Smugglers Way, Farnham, Surrey GU10 1NA
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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