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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.
4,690 approved · 901 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 St Marys Terrace, Mill Lane, Guildford, GU1 3TZ
Received 23 Jun 2025Lerryn Cottage, Cobham Way, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BH
Received 24 Jun 2025Merrist Wood College, Coombe Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3PE
Received 24 Jun 202543D Quarry Street, Guildford, GU1 3QX
Received 24 Jun 202545 Summersbury Drive, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JG
Received 24 Jun 202519 Keens Lane, Guildford, GU3 3JS
Received 25 Jun 2025The Sea Horse Inn, 52-54 The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BU
Received 25 Jun 2025Old River Cottage, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3XJ
Received 17 Jun 2025Hazelhurst Farm, Tithebarns Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7LE
Received 25 Jun 2025Cross Farm, The Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AH
Received 25 Jun 202563 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3LD
Received 25 Jun 2025Corner Cottage, Forest Road, Effingham Junction, Leatherhead, KT24 5HL
Received 25 Jun 202521 Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HQ
Received 26 Jun 202521 Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HQ
Received 26 Jun 2025Three Gates, 40A Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EY
Received 26 Jun 202550 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3LF
Received 26 Jun 202517A Abbot Road, Guildford, GU1 3TA
Received 26 Jun 20251 Jury Farm Cottages, Ripley Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JT
Received 26 Jun 2025The Old Bakery, Felday Glade, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6PG
Received 26 Jun 20256 Stratford Road, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5PT
Received 26 Jun 2025Land to the west of, Waterfields, West Clandon
Received 26 Jun 2025Poets Cottage, 58 Haydon Place, Guildford, GU1 4NE
Received 26 Jun 2025Land adjacent to 17 Little Platt, Guildford, GU2 8JU
Received 26 Jun 202510 Cherry Tree Avenue, Guildford, GU2 7XB
Received 26 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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