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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.
4,622 approved · 879 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ashley Park Nursing Home, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SU
Received 10 Apr 2025Innisfree, Woodland Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AS
Received 10 Apr 2025Crannies, Ockham Road South, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6RX
Received 10 Apr 2025The Old Dairy, Ripley Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SG
Received 10 Apr 20256 Pilgrims Way, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HR
Received 10 Apr 202557 Partridge Way, Guildford, GU4 7DP
Received 10 Apr 2025Hartland Farm, Hook Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AN
Received 10 Apr 2025Land at the Rear of 75, Normandy, GU3 2EA
Received 10 Apr 2025Hare Dene, New Road, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DB
Received 11 Apr 202572 Badger Close, Guildford, GU2 9WA
Received 11 Apr 2025202 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HZ
Received 11 Apr 2025Land adjacent to, Court Mead, 6 Guildown Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HB
Received 11 Apr 2025103 Raymond Crescent, Guildford, GU2 7SZ
Received 11 Apr 2025103 Raymond Crescent, Guildford, GU2 7SZ
Received 11 Apr 2025land on the north side of Guildford Road and the east side of The Street, Effingham
Received 11 Apr 20256 Abbotswood Close, Guildford, GU1 1XA
Received 11 Apr 2025Farnham Golf Club, Blighton Lane, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1PU
Received 11 Apr 20252 Winchester Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6SX
Received 11 Apr 2025Guildford Railway Station, Station View, Guildford
Received 11 Apr 2025Friary, 49 Pewley Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SW
Received 11 Apr 2025Pilgrim, School Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6BQ
Received 11 Apr 20258 Castle Street, Guildford, GU1 3UW
Received 14 Apr 20258 Castle Street, Guildford, GU1 3UW
Received 11 Apr 202513 Hedgeway, Guildford, GU2 7RB
Received 14 Apr 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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