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Guildford Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Guildford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates6,536Searchable applications
897Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,252 approved or refused records
853Refused applications
4,399 approved · 853 refused · 232 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 2023 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Comment on a planning applicationLocal plan Guildford Local PlanConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Find out if an article 4 direction applies to your property
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas40 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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More application records
- Decided24/P/01795
External alterations including new access door and window to ground floor, vents/louvres, and demolition of rear ground floor extension. Other minor alterations including installation of buggy store, installation of plant with timber enclosure, access gates, solar shades, vehicle bollards and timber fencing to rear garden.
86 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 2BX
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decided21/D/00083/3
Discharge of condition 4 (Parking details) of planning permission 21/P/00014 approved 08/04/2021.
10 Brocks Drive, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3NE
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/W/00118
Application for prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 to add an additional storey with a maximum height of 8.37 metres
Grey Walls, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TH
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/01796
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of rear and side single storey extensions, conversion of loft space to habitable accommodation with roof lights, removal of chimney, erection of two detached garages and provision of driveway hardstanding would be lawful.
Heathfield, Heath Rise, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ET
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided22/D/00075/12
Discharge of Conditions 25 (Custom Build Homes), 27 (Drainage Verification) and 29 (External Lighting) of planning permission 19/P/02223 approved 09/06/2021
Land at Garlicks Arch, Send Marsh/Burnt Common, Portsmouth Road, Send
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/D/00190
Discharge of Condition 4 (Ecological Enhancement Scheme) of planning permission 24/P/01126 approved 10 October 2024
The Priestley Centre, 10 Priestley Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7YP
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/01797
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use to establish whether the use of a residential outbuilding for purposes ancillary (annex) to the host dwelling would be lawful.
Colekitchen Farm, Colekitchen Lane, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9QB
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/01798
Replacement of existing basement floor with new insulated floor in lowered position; along with lowering of window to form new door for secondary access to basement and replacement of secondary staircase.
18 Fort Road, Guildford, GU1 3TD
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/01799
Listed Building Consent for the replacement of existing basement floor with new insulated floor in lowered position; along with lowering of window to form new door for secondary access to basement and replacement of secondary staircase.
18 Fort Road, Guildford, GU1 3TD
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/01800
Part single storey, part two storey, side and rear extension with a single storey front extension, with an open front porch, together with dark grey fenestration.
8 Burnt Common Cottages, Clandon Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LA
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/01801
Single storey rear extension with a front porch extension.
4 Thompsons Close, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JG
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/01802
Single storey rear extension and rear fenestration changes.
26 Highclere, Guildford, GU1 1XP
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/01803
Proposed detached garage with additional landscaping including rear patio and retaining wall following removal of existing outbuildings
Merrybrook, Horsham Road, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, RH5 6RD
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/01804
Erection of a part single / part two storey front extension, single storey rear extension, changes to external materials and fenestration.
10 Oak Tree Close, Burpham, Guildford, GU4 7JQ
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/01805
Erection of single storey rear extension following the demolition of existing garage.
70 Southway, Guildford, GU2 8DF
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/01806
Erection of single storey front infill extension, two storey side and rear extension following the demolition of existing garage and chimney stack.
151 Applegarth Avenue, Guildford, GU2 8LP
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decided24/T/00313
T1 ? Ash, to be removed due to showing signs of decline during the summer and the building of a garden office with the canopy line T2 ? Hazel, to be removed to allow for the installation of a power cable down the fence line T3 ? Hazel, to be coppiced as per BS3998 T4 ? Hazel, to be removed to allow for a barrier to be put in around the Wendy house T5 ? Hazel, to be removed to allow for a barrier to be put in around the Wendy house T6 ? Sycamore, to be removed due to root and fracturing at the base of the tree (St Catherines Conservation Area).
The Chantry, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decided24/N/00150
Non material amendment to alter fenestration of approved application 22/P/01309 which allowed the 'Replacement of existing Fire Exit Doors at 1-19 Turnham Close, with new white composite Fire Exit Doors with silver hardware and clear half-circle glazed panel to the top.'
Turnham Close, Guildford, GU2 4EX
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decided24/T/00314
Cut overhanging large London Plane and Lime trees back to centre line of stream, crown lifting to 2m away from buildings, as detailed on plan attached "G1" (TPO 3 of 2018).
The Old Pottery, 62 Station Road, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9NP
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decided24/T/00315
T1 Horse Chestnut - Pollard at established pruning points, reduce by 12ft to leave a finalised height of approx. 12ft. T2 Horse Chestnut - Reduce by approx. 16ft to leave 8ft monolith (Waterden Road Conservation Area)
4 Sydney Road, Guildford, GU1 3LJ
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/W/00119
Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 1 Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 for the proposed addition of one storey above principal part of existing dwellinghouse up to 9.5m in height.
Woodlands, Chapel Lane, Pirbright, Guildford, WOKING, GU24 0LU
Received 7 Dec 2024 - Decided18/D/00100/23
Discharge of condition 7 (details and drawings of all proposed vents, flues, downpipes, satellite dishes, all roof plant and machinery and lift over-runs of planning permission 14/P/02168 approved 27/02/2018.
Guildford Railway Station, Station View, Guildford
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided24/W/00120
Prior notification for a single storey 8.00 metre rear extension, 4.00 metres in height with an eaves height of 2.90 metres.
Grey Walls, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TH
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/01807
Two storey extension, introduction of new windows/doors following the removal of a chimney and a conservatory.
Whitehill, Portsmouth Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6EW
Received 16 Dec 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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