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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.
4,605 approved · 878 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greywings, Blighton Lane, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1PU
Received 3 Apr 2025Hillcrest, The Highlands, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BQ
Received 3 Apr 2025Dawneys Corner, Dawney Hill, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JB
Received 4 Apr 20252 School Close, Guildford, GU1 1QJ
Received 4 Apr 2025Service Station, Portsmouth Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7JY
Received 4 Apr 202525 & 25A Horseshoe Lane West, Guildford, GU1 2SZ
Received 4 Apr 2025Tollgate Farm, Guildford Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5QL
Received 4 Apr 2025Moorcroft, Grenville Road, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AX
Received 4 Apr 20252 Grantley Gardens, Guildford, GU2 8BS
Received 7 Apr 2025The Paddock, 5 Paddock Grove, Effingham
Received 27 Mar 2025Loquats, 20 Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EN
Received 7 Apr 2025Land between Harvest Bank House and Greystones, Down Lane, Compton, GU3 1DQ
Received 31 Mar 2025Birchcroft, 170 Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2EB
Received 7 Apr 2025Short Siberia Range, Queens Road, Bisley, Woking, Surrey
Received 28 Mar 20254 Heath Rise, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ET
Received 7 Apr 202513 Longmead, Guildford, GU1 2HN
Received 31 Mar 2025Ashley Park Nursing Home, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SU
Received 7 Apr 202583 The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AT
Received 7 Apr 2025Land adjacent to, 2 Heath Barn Cottages, Send Marsh Road, Send, GU23 7DQ
Received 2 Apr 2025Tollgate Farm, Guildford Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5QL
Received 4 Apr 2025Land to the rear of 164 - 176, New Road, Chilworth, GU4 8LX
Received 15 Mar 202571 Fairlands Avenue, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3NB
Received 7 Apr 2025The Pottery, Brickfields, New Pond Road, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1HZ
Received 7 Apr 2025125 Longacre, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6RR
Received 7 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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