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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.
4,598 approved · 878 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Green Gates, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JT
Received 28 Mar 202531 Rectory Close, Guildford, GU4 7AR
Received 31 Mar 2025Dorset Magna, Rowe Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0LX
Received 31 Mar 2025Bavins, Mark Way, Godalming, GU7 2BW
Received 31 Mar 202515 Vicarage Gate, Guildford, GU2 7QJ
Received 31 Mar 202523 Rydes Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9SR
Received 31 Mar 202543 Collingwood Crescent, Guildford, GU1 2NU
Received 31 Mar 2025Forge Cottage, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NP
Received 31 Mar 20252 Litchfield Way, Guildford, GU2 7QL
Received 31 Mar 2025Waggoners Cottage, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NH
Received 31 Mar 20252 Wykeham Road, Guildford, GU1 2SE
Received 31 Mar 2025Castleton, 2 Warwicks Bench Road, Guildford, GU1 3TL
Received 31 Mar 2025Heathfield, Heath Rise, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ET
Received 31 Mar 202525 Frog Grove Lane, Guildford, GU3 3EY
Received 31 Mar 202531 Manor Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1BL
Received 31 Mar 202510 Orchard Road, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HU
Received 31 Mar 2025The Old Quarry, Foxburrow Hill Road, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0BU
Received 31 Mar 2025Pilgrim Gardens, Sandy Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1HF
Received 31 Mar 202524 Speedwell Close, Guildford, GU4 7HE
Received 31 Mar 202543 Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 4RN
Received 31 Mar 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 31 Mar 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 31 Mar 2025Four Winds, 43 Levylsdene, Guildford, GU1 2RT
Received 31 Mar 2025Firfield Lodge, Firfield, 17 Grove Road, Guildford, GU1 2HR
Received 31 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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