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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.
4,665 approved · 891 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Gallandes, Shere Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HS
Received 30 May 2025St Augustine Coptic Orthodox Church, Station Approach, Gomshall, GU5 9NP
Received 30 May 2025Pilgrims Court, Sydenham Road, Guildford, GU1 3RX
Received 30 May 2025Acer House, 10 Medawar Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7AR
Received 30 May 202557 Merrow Woods, Guildford, GU1 2LQ
Received 30 May 2025Grove Heath Farm, Grove Heath Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ES
Received 30 May 2025The Nookery, Upper Street, Shere, GU5 9JA
Received 30 May 2025Flat 2, 38 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3LE
Received 2 Jun 2025Beckdale House, White Hart Lane, Wood Street Village, Guildford, GU3 3EA
Received 2 Jun 2025Dairy Cottage, Pond Lane, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RS
Received 30 May 2025Dulverton, Priorswood, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1DS
Received 2 Jun 2025Upper Leewood Farm, Effingham Common Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JQ
Received 27 May 2025Land To The East And South Of Byfleet Including Land To The South Of, Mill Lane, Byfleet, West Byfleet, Surrey
Received 27 May 2025Land to the North East of Slyfield Industrial Estate, Moorfield Road, Guildford, GU1 1RR
Received 2 Jun 20255 Spiceall, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1JQ
Received 2 Jun 2025Fieri Facias House, High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AF
Received 2 Jun 202582 Merrow Woods, Guildford, GU1 2LN
Received 3 Jun 202513 Swan Lane, Guildford, GU1 4EQ
Received 3 Jun 202532 Queen Eleanors Road, Guildford, GU2 7SL
Received 3 Jun 2025Brook Cottage, Pine Walk, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AG
Received 3 Jun 2025Tap Farm, Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SJ
Received 3 Jun 2025Broad Eaves, Park Corner Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6SE
Received 4 Jun 202532 Queen Eleanors Road, Guildford, GU2 7SL
Received 4 Jun 2025Winterberg, Kirriemuir Gardens, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6DJ
Received 4 Jun 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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