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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.
4,645 approved · 883 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
East End, East End Farm, Puttenham Road, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1HP
Received 6 May 2025C P Hart, Willway House, Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 1ED
Received 6 May 2025Shoelands Farm Cottages, Seale Lane, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1HL
Received 6 May 2025Hunts Hill, Hunts Hill Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AH
Received 6 May 2025Hunts Hill, Hunts Hill Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AH
Received 6 May 2025Hunts Hill, Hunts Hill Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AH
Received 6 May 202585 The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AT
Received 6 May 20254 Ennismore Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1SP
Received 7 May 20251 Ardmore Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9NJ
Received 7 May 20254 Thompsons Close, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JG
Received 7 May 2025Woodlands, Chapel Lane, Pirbright, Guildford, Woking, GU24 0LU
Received 7 May 2025Chilworth Manor, Halfpenny Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NN
Received 7 May 202589 Weston Road, Guildford, GU2 8AS
Received 7 May 20257 Vernon Drive, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1GN
Received 8 May 2025Melrose Cottage, Chapel Lane, Pirbright, Guildford, Woking, GU24 0JZ
Received 8 May 20254 Parsons Green, Guildford, GU1 1QY
Received 8 May 20254 Belmont Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9UF
Received 8 May 2025Ashburton House, Broadmead Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7AD
Received 8 May 202522 Martyr Road, Guildford, GU1 4LE
Received 8 May 2025268 Grange Road, Guildford, GU2 9QZ
Received 9 May 202511 Blackburne Way, Tongham, Guildford, GU10 1FQ
Received 9 May 2025Land at Merrow Depot, Merrow Lane, Guildford, GU4 7BQ
Received 6 May 2025Land at Merrow Depot, Merrow Lane, Guildford, GU4 7BQ
Received 6 May 2025Stamford House, 91 Woodbridge Road, Guildford
Received 22 Apr 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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