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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates6,573Searchable applications
899Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,286 approved or refused records
854Refused applications
4,432 approved · 854 refused · 234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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More application records
- Decided25/P/00059
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of a single storey rear extension would be lawful.
31 Longmead, Guildford, GU1 2HN
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided25/W/00004
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 to a maximum height of 8.93m.
31 Longmead, Guildford, GU1 2HN
Received 17 Jan 2025 - Decided25/P/00060
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of a side extension following removal of existing garage would be lawful.
31 Longmead, Guildford, GU1 2HN
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided25/P/00061
Proposed part first floor and two storey side and rear extension, conversion of garage to habitable accommodation and minor fenestration changes.
Mopsey, 4 Bennett Way, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TN
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided25/T/00012
T1 Beech - Crown lift to 5.5 meters from the base of the stem by removal of trailing branching over highway and front of properties. Reduce lateral spread by 2.5-3 meters. Height to be reduced by a 2.5-3 meters by the removal of long branching. (TPO-P1/201/310)
Hillside, 14 Fort Road, Guildford, GU1 3TD
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided25/P/00062
Listed Building Consent for two new non-illuminated block letter signs.
56 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3ES
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided25/P/00063
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 3 (external lighting), to allow for the installation of external lighting, of 21/P/02588, for the variation of condition 5�of 06/P/00548, for the relaxation of conditions 5 and 15 of planning permission 05/P/01686, for the erection of three detached two storey office block comprising one single storey office block comprising B1 and B2 industrial units and 1 work / live unit with associated parking and landscaping following demolition of all existing buildings on site (description amended 02/04/2025).
Kings Court, Burrows Lane, Gomshall, Shere, Guildofrd, GU5 9QE
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Appeal decided25/P/00064
Erection of rear ground floor extension with alterations following the demolition of rear conservatory.
Pinegrove Lodge, Guildford Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SA
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided25/P/00065
Advertisement consent for the proposed display of two non-illuminated block letter signs.
56 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3ES
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided25/P/00066
Erection of single storey front porch
46 Ewins Close, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6SA
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided25/T/00013
T1 Ash - Section fell to ground level (West Horsley Conservation Area)
48 The Street, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AX
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided23/D/00033/1
Discharge of condition 5 (Construction transport management plan), 14 (Construction environment management plan) and 15 (Arboriculture) of planning application 20/P/01708 , approved 31/10/2022
Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Withdrawn25/P/00067
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether an in-ground swimming pool and associated landscaping would be lawful
The Old Farmhouse, Suffield Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1BD
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided25/P/00068
Proposed enlargement of front dormer window, erection of side facing dormer window and removal of one chimney
Little Acre, Shere Road, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 8SG
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided25/N/00005
Non-material amendment to planning application 24/P/00647 approved 21/06/2024 to allow for stone cills added to front elevation and south-west elevations and plinth extended to north end (garage) of west elevation.
The Moorings, Pine Walk, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AG
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decided25/D/00006
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Secure Cycle Storage) and 4 (Nature conservation/Biodiversity) of planning permission 23/P/02005 approved 29/07/2024
43-45 Denzil Road, Guildford, GU2 7NQ
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decided25/P/00069
Erection of ground mounted solar photovoltaic array within land north of the dwelling at Little Warren Farm.
Little Warren Farm, One Tree Hill Road, Guildford, GU4 8PL
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Withdrawn25/P/00070
Listed Building Consent for the erection of ground mounted solar photovoltaic array within the rear garden area
Little Warren Farm, One Tree Hill Road, Guildford, GU4 8PL
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decided25/P/00071
Advertisement consent for 2x branding for the front and rear of the EV Canopy, 1x illuminated tray sign on the side of the sales building and 1x non-illuminated sign to the side of the ATM.
Woodbridge Hill Filling Station, Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8AG
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Withdrawn24/P/00274/S106/1
Deed of Variation to the Section 106 agreement dated 06/09/2024 to amend from payment due on completion of the deed to on or prior to the commencement of the development for financial contribution to mitigate the impacts on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area.
Land to the rear of 168, The Street, West Horsley, KT24 6HS
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decided25/CON/00008
Construction of flood defence embankments, a sheet pile flood defence wall, an overflow channel to the west of the M25, compensatory floodplain storage areas and environmental and recreational landscape improvements and associated works (known as Byfleet Flood Alleviation Scheme).
Land To The East And South Of Byfleet Including Land To The South Of, Mill Lane, Byfleet, West Byfleet, Surrey
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decided25/N/00006
Variation of Condition 2 (external facing and roofing materials) and the removal of condition 3 (energy information) of planning application 20/P/01926. Approved 04/02/2022.
27 Broomfield, Guildford, GU2 8LQ
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decided25/P/00072
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether a loft conversion with the erection of a rear dormer window and insertion of two roof lights on the front slope would be lawful.
49 Gosden Hill Road, Guildford, GU4 7JB
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decided23/D/00169/12
Discharge of condition 27(Site waste management plan) of planning application 21/P02232. Approved 28/04/2023
Debenhams, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3UU
Received 21 Jan 2025
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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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