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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.
4,599 approved · 878 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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29 Foxenden Road, Guildford, GU1 4DL
Received 31 Mar 20259 Station Road East, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5LT
Received 31 Mar 2025Meadow Corner, Boughton Hall Avenue, Send, Woking, GU23 7DF
Received 31 Mar 2025Land to the rear of 168, The Street, West Horsley, KT24 6HS
Received 31 Mar 202542 Ganghill, Guildford, GU1 1XF
Received 31 Mar 202513 The Croft, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6FA
Received 31 Mar 2025Royal Grammar School, High Street, Guildford, GU1 3BB
Received 1 Apr 2025Acer House, 10 Medawar Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7AR
Received 1 Apr 2025Trelawney, Horseshoe Lane, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5LL
Received 1 Apr 2025St Catherines Priory, Ferry Lane, Guildford, GU2 4EE
Received 1 Apr 2025Buren, Surrey Gardens, Effingham Junction, Leatherhead, KT24 5HF
Received 1 Apr 2025Birdshanger, Suffield Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1BD
Received 1 Apr 2025The Millstone, Pilgrims Way, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HR
Received 2 Apr 20255 Maranello House, Ockham Road South, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6QA
Received 2 Apr 2025Fir Trees, Lynx Hill, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AX
Received 2 Apr 2025Little Acre, Old Rectory Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6QH
Received 2 Apr 2025Wayover, Hogs Back, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1HE
Received 2 Apr 2025Marchwood, High Park Avenue, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5DF
Received 2 Apr 2025Land adjoining Woodside, Priorsfield Road, Compton, GU3 1DW
Received 2 Apr 202536-38 Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU1 1RU
Received 2 Apr 202530 The Garth, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6QW
Received 2 Apr 202590 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HE
Received 3 Apr 202570 Wyke Avenue, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EA
Received 3 Apr 202556 Nightingale Crescent, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6PD
Received 3 Apr 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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