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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.
4,590 approved · 877 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Binton Farm House, Binton Farm, Binton Lane, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1LQ
Received 26 Mar 2025Sheepleas House, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AL
Received 26 Mar 2025Clasford Farm, Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU3 3HQ
Received 26 Mar 2025Oaks Rise, 76 Potters Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7AL
Received 26 Mar 2025Lockner Farm, Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RH
Received 26 Mar 2025117-119 High Street High Street, Guildford, GU1 3DP
Received 26 Mar 2025Heath Farm, Tannery Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7EF
Received 26 Mar 20255 Ecob Close, Guildford, GU3 3HP
Received 26 Mar 20259 Grantley Close, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8DL
Received 27 Mar 20254 Harvey Gardens, Addison Road, Guildford, GU1 3QJ
Received 27 Mar 2025Clandon Cottage, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7ST
Received 27 Mar 2025Flat 2, 4 Rectory Place, 93 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DG
Received 27 Mar 202562 Boxgrove Road, Guildford, GU1 1UD
Received 27 Mar 202529 Leewood Way, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JN
Received 27 Mar 20259 Baldwin Crescent, Guildford, GU4 7XW
Received 27 Mar 202562 Sydenham Road, Guildford, GU1 3RX
Received 26 Mar 202525 Weylea Avenue, Guildford, GU4 7YN
Received 25 Mar 202553 York Road, Guildford, GU1 4DG
Received 27 Mar 2025Centre for Veterinary Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0NF
Received 27 Mar 2025Sapperton House, Lawbrook Lane, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9QW
Received 27 Mar 2025The Spinney, Heath View, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5ED
Received 27 Mar 2025Pippins, Park Corner Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6SE
Received 27 Mar 2025304 London Road, Guildford, GU4 7LB
Received 27 Mar 202574 Broad Street, Guildford, GU3 3BE
Received 27 Mar 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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