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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.
4,665 approved · 891 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Fort Road, Guildford, GU1 3TD
Received 28 May 2025Rutland, Woodhouse Lane, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NN
Received 27 May 2025Willow House, Pursers Lane, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RG
Received 28 May 2025Young Oak House, Oaktrees, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6QS
Received 28 May 20259 Addison Road, Guildford, GU1 3QQ
Received 28 May 2025Rickford House, Rickford, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3PJ
Received 28 May 202515 Peterborough Road, Guildford, GU2 9SY
Received 28 May 2025Hogs Back Farm, Monkshatch, Hogs Back, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1DL
Received 28 May 2025Artington Manor Farm, Old Portsmouth Road, Artington, Guildford, GU3 1LP
Received 28 May 202589 Tillingbourne Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8ET
Received 28 May 202568 Nightingale Road, Guildford, GU1 1EP
Received 28 May 202568 Nightingale Road, Guildford, GU1 1EP
Received 28 May 2025The Nookery, Upper Street, Shere, GU5 9JA
Received 29 May 2025Gardeners Cottage, White Lane, Guildford, GU4 8PS
Received 29 May 2025Friary Court, 13-21 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3DG
Received 29 May 2025Friary Court, 13-21 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3DG
Received 29 May 202582 Byrefield Road, Guildford, GU2 9UA
Received 8 May 202520 Grasmere Close, Guildford, GU1 2TG
Received 29 May 2025Hawthorns, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6EF
Received 29 May 202515 Weston Road, Guildford, GU2 8AU
Received 29 May 2025Builders Yard, Puttenham Heath Road, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1DU
Received 29 May 20257 Dapdune Road, Guildford, GU1 4NY
Received 29 May 2025The Bumpers, Seale Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AX
Received 29 May 202543 Gosden Hill Road, Guildford, GU4 7JD
Received 30 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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