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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.
4,674 approved · 894 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Horsley Place, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AN
Received 12 Jun 2025Land at Manor Farm, The Street, Tongham, GU10 1DG
Received 25 Apr 2025Longfrey Cottage, Longfrey Farm, Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RH
Received 12 Jun 202519 Wherwell Road, Guildford, GU2 4JR
Received 12 Jun 2025172 Bushy Hill Drive, Guildford, GU1 2UG
Received 12 Jun 202514 Merrow Woods, Guildford, GU1 2LH
Received 12 Jun 2025Greys Cottage, Hogs Back, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AQ
Received 12 Jun 202540 Linkway, Guildford, GU2 8HN
Received 12 Jun 202599 Horseshoe Lane East, Guildford, GU1 2TW
Received 13 Jun 2025Plot 46 Ada Gardens, 10 Chestnut Way, East Horsley, KT24 6PU
Received 12 Jun 202511 Beech Close, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5PQ
Received 13 Jun 2025The Ridings, Lynx Hill, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AX
Received 13 Jun 2025Highlands Farm, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TH
Received 13 Jun 2025Goal Farm, Gole Road, Woking, GU24 0PZ
Received 13 Jun 202571 Send Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7EZ
Received 13 Jun 2025Cranmere, The Avenue, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RA
Received 13 Jun 2025Royal Horticultural Society Gardens, Wisley Lane, Wisley, Woking, GU23 6QB
Received 13 Jun 2025255 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3BJ
Received 13 Jun 2025Walnut, Little London, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DG
Received 13 Jun 2025Land adjacent to Bushey Lea Farm, Green Lane West, Ash Green, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Received 13 Jun 2025Land at, Old Drive, Gomshall, GU5 9LH.
Received 16 Jun 20255 Stratford Road, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5PT
Received 16 Jun 20253 River Wey Close, Artington, Guilford, GU3 1BJ
Received 16 Jun 20252 Wykeham Road, Guildford, GU1 2SE
Received 16 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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