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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.
4,645 approved · 883 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Mangles Road, Guildford, GU1 1QF
Received 1 May 202514 Lime Close, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7UL
Received 1 May 2025Errigal, Jefferies Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6EN
Received 1 May 20255 Woodbine Cottages, The Common, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JF
Received 1 May 2025Eashing Farm, Eashing Lane, Godalming, GU7 2QB
Received 30 Apr 2025High Noon, Burpham Lane, Guildford, GU4 7LZ
Received 1 May 2025Plot 6, Palm House Nurseries, Normandy
Received 1 May 2025Tor Cottage, Knob Field, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, RH5 6RJ
Received 1 May 2025Rusham End, Christmas Hill, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HN
Received 1 May 2025Greenfields, 110 Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2DQ
Received 2 May 20251 Lincoln Close, Ash, Guildford, GU12 5SU
Received 2 May 20259 Cedar Way, Guildford, GU1 1JH
Received 2 May 2025New Barn Cottage, New Barn Nurseries, London Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7JX
Received 2 May 2025Stoke Mill, Woking Road, Guildford, GU1 1QA
Received 2 May 20256 The Ridgeway, Guildford, GU1 2DG
Received 2 May 202519 Rydes Hill Road, Guildford, GU2 9ST
Received 6 May 202535 Yew Tree Drive, Guildford, GU1 1PD
Received 6 May 202532 Artillery Terrace, Guildford, GU1 4NL
Received 6 May 20251 Beech Close, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5PQ
Received 5 May 2025Maplewood, Forest Road, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BT
Received 6 May 20251 Pine Cottages, Harpers Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6BZ
Received 6 May 2025Old Tallows, Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SN
Received 6 May 202511 Grantley Close, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8DL
Received 6 May 2025168 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HW
Received 6 May 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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