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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.
4,668 approved · 894 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lockner Farm, Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RH
Received 6 Jun 20256 Bryanstone Close, Guildford, GU2 9UJ
Received 6 Jun 2025Whiteoaks, 6 Lansdown, Guildford, GU1 2LY
Received 9 Jun 2025Oakhurst, Woodland Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AN
Received 9 Jun 20252 Hitherbury Close, Guildford, GU2 4DR
Received 9 Jun 2025Ponds Equestrian, Ponds Farm, Ponds Farm, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JL
Received 9 Jun 2025Greystones, Westwood Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2JJ
Received 9 Jun 2025Land at 17 St Johns Road, Guildford, GU2 7UQ
Received 9 Jun 2025Hurtwood View Cottage, Little London, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DG
Received 9 Jun 2025Elm End Cottage, Little London, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DG
Received 9 Jun 2025Poplar Cottage, Jury Farm, Ripley Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JT
Received 9 Jun 2025Roborow Wood Cottage, Rose Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6NF
Received 9 Jun 2025Gable End, Foxburrow Hill Road, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0BU
Received 9 Jun 2025Guildford Railway Station, Station View, Guildford
Received 9 Jun 2025Land rear of Chicane and Quintons, Ockham Road North, East Horsley, KT24 6PU
Received 9 Jun 2025Carmanah Lodge, August Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DP
Received 10 Jun 2025St Catherines Cottage, 44 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Received 10 Jun 20251 Birnam Close, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6JH
Received 10 Jun 202511A Worcester Road, Guildford, GU2 9SZ
Received 10 Jun 2025Broadmeade Copse, Westwood Lane, Wanborough, Guildford, GU3 2JN
Received 10 Jun 2025The Royal Oak, Felday Glade, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6PF
Received 10 Jun 202538 Elder Close, Guildford, GU4 7YW
Received 10 Jun 2025Barn at 1 Northside Cottages, Hurtmore Road, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2RL
Received 10 Jun 2025Epsom House, 30 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3LE
Received 10 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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