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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.
4,690 approved · 901 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Gumbrells Close, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3NG
Received 1 Jul 202527 Carfax Avenue, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1BD
Received 1 Jul 2025Land at Garlicks Arch, Send Marsh/Burnt Common, Portsmouth Road, Send
Received 1 Jul 20255 Rosetrees, Guildford, GU1 2HS
Received 30 Jun 202550-52 The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AR
Received 1 Jul 2025Land on the east side of Stoneleigh, Pirbright, Woking part of the land formerly known as Land adjacent to Stoney Castle Ranges, Grange Road, Pirbright, Woking, GU24
Received 1 Jul 202524 Fort Road, Guildford, GU1 3TE
Received 1 Jul 2025Netherlands Wood, Albury Estate, Guildford, GU5 9TE
Received 1 Jul 20252 Orchard Gardens, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5NR
Received 1 Jul 20251 Guildcroft, Guildford, GU1 2JU
Received 1 Jul 202521 Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UX
Received 1 Jul 20253 Cooper Road, Guildford, GU1 3LY
Received 2 Jul 202519 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4AF
Received 2 Jul 2025Clandon Church Of England Aided Infant School, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7ST
Received 2 Jul 2025Downhaven, Seale Lane, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1LD
Received 2 Jul 2025Land at 1 Kingsfield, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9ED
Received 2 Jul 202516 Christine Close, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6QL
Received 2 Jul 2025The Cottage, Blanket Mill Farm, Goose Rye Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RQ
Received 2 Jul 202513 Pirbright Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AG
Received 3 Jul 20254 Denholm Gardens, Guildford, GU4 7YU
Received 3 Jul 20254 Cobbett Road, Guildford, GU2 8EL
Received 3 Jul 20252 Nether Mount, Guildford, GU2 4LL
Received 3 Jul 2025Pipkin, Grove Heath Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6EU
Received 3 Jul 2025Woodhouse Place, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NL
Received 3 Jul 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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