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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.
4,656 approved · 887 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 Tormead Road, Guildford, GU1 2JB
Received 19 May 2025139 The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AT
Received 19 May 2025Pirbright Primary School, School Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JN
Received 19 May 2025Conifers, Horseshoe Lane, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5LL
Received 19 May 2025Lea Cottage, Hook Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QQ
Received 19 May 2025Azalea House, Ockham Road North, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6PE
Received 19 May 202538 Woodbridge Hill, Guildford, GU2 9AB
Received 19 May 2025Guildford Bowling Club Pavilion, Lido Road, Guildford
Received 20 May 2025133C Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9XA
Received 19 May 2025133B Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9XA
Received 19 May 2025Hycotts, Forest Road, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BT
Received 19 May 2025Tillingbourne House, Shalford Road, Guildford, GU4 8BL
Received 19 May 202536-38 Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU1 1RU
Received 19 May 2025Longfield House, 87 Ash Street, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6LG
Received 19 May 2025Guildford County School, Farnham Road, Guildford, GU2 4LU
Received 20 May 2025Stumps Grove Farm, Whitehill Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PJ
Received 19 May 2025Land at May and Juniper Cottages, Ash Green Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6JH
Received 19 May 202517 Rose Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6NE
Received 16 May 202572 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 2BH
Received 20 May 202527 Tychbourne Drive, Guildford, GU4 7DH
Received 20 May 20258 Millmead Terrace, Guildford, GU2 4AT
Received 20 May 2025Ashley Gardens, Shalford GU4 8JA
Received 20 May 202535 Cooper Road, Guildford, GU1 3LY
Received 20 May 202513 The Croft, Ash, GUILDFORD, GU12 6FA
Received 20 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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