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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.
4,684 approved · 898 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 47 Ada Gardens, 9 Chestnut Way, East Horsley, KT24 6PU
Received 20 Jun 2025Guildford Railway Station, Station View, Guildford
Received 20 Jun 2025Land at 25 Papercourt Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6DS
Received 20 Jun 2025Guildford Railway Station, Station View, Guildford
Received 20 Jun 2025Brick Kiln Farm, Old Lane, Ockham, Guildford, Cobham, KT11 1NL
Received 20 Jun 2025Burrow Hill House, Burrow Hill, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JS
Received 23 Jun 2025St Michael And All Angels Church, Church Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JJ
Received 23 Jun 2025Boscawen Cottage, Back Lane, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SD
Received 23 Jun 202591 The Oval, Wood Street Village, Guildford, GU3 3DW
Received 23 Jun 2025Basingstoke Canal towpath between Frimley Top Lock and A324 Bridge at Pirbright, Pirbright, Guildford, GU24 0PN
Received 20 Jun 202555 Station Road, Gomshall, GU5 9NP
Received 23 Jun 2025Clouds Hill, 1 Lascombe Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1BA
Received 23 Jun 2025Foxbury Hill, Foxburrow Hill Road, Bramley, Guildford GU5 0BU
Received 23 Jun 2025Tempus Court, Onslow Street, Guildford, GU1 4SS
Received 24 Jun 202513 Caxton Gardens, Guildford, GU2 8AX
Received 23 Jun 2025The Garden House, 9 Bradstone Brook, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HE
Received 23 Jun 202557 Ladymead, Guildford, GU1 1DB
Received 23 Jun 202557 Ladymead, Guildford, GU1 1BZ
Received 23 Jun 2025Grey Walls, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TH
Received 24 Jun 202511 George Road, Guildford, GU1 4NP
Received 24 Jun 2025The Coach House, 1 Upper Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EZ
Received 23 Jun 2025Merrist Wood College, Coombe Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3PE
Received 24 Jun 2025Baytree Cottage, Ripley Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SE
Received 24 Jun 202512 Springhaven Close, Guildford, GU1 2JP
Received 24 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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