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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.
4,651 approved · 887 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 St Catherines Field, Church Hill, Shere GU5 9HL
Received 12 May 2025The Guildford Childrens Centre, York Road, Guildford, GU1 4DU
Received 13 May 2025Rosewood Cottage, Hound House Road, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JH
Received 13 May 2025Fitzpatrick Referrals, Halfway Lane, Godalming, GU7 2QQ
Received 13 May 2025Hawthorns, 2 Falconwood, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5EG
Received 12 May 20256 Elm Hill Bungalows, Guildford Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2JA
Received 12 May 2025Glebe House, Church Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RU
Received 12 May 2025White Lyon House, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RE
Received 13 May 2025Bay Tree House, Wonham Way, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9PA
Received 13 May 2025The Cottage, Pineside Piggeries, Pirbright Road, Normandy, GU3 2AL
Received 13 May 2025Tetherdown, 2 Abbots Close, Guildford, GU2 7RW
Received 13 May 2025Land at Garlicks Arch, Send Marsh/Burnt Common, Portsmouth Road, Send
Received 14 May 202523 Guildown Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HA
Received 14 May 2025Millwater, Mill Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6QT
Received 14 May 2025Southacre, Elm Corner, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PX
Received 14 May 202521 Friary Street, Guildford, GU1 4EH
Received 14 May 2025The Paddock, 5 Paddock Grove, Effingham, KT24 5QA
Received 14 May 2025Tithe Cottage, Forest Road, Effingham Junction, Leatherhead, KT24 5HE
Received 14 May 2025Weyside Urban Village (Slyfield regeneration Programme), Slyfield Green, Guildford, GU1
Received 14 May 2025Charbury, Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SN
Received 15 May 2025Watchmoor Cottage, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NP
Received 15 May 2025Pond Meadow School, Larch Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1DR
Received 14 May 20253 Harvey Gardens, Addison Road, Guildford, GU1 3QJ
Received 14 May 2025106 Frog Grove Lane, Guildford, GU3 3HA
Received 15 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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