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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.
4,631 approved · 880 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 White Lion Walk, Guildford
Received 17 Apr 202517 Fentum Road, Guildford, GU2 9SA
Received 17 Apr 20251 Lyndale House, Puttenham Lane, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AU
Received 17 Apr 2025Dulverton, Old Rectory Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6QH
Received 17 Apr 2025High Fir Cottage, 90 High Path Road, Guildford, GU1 2QL
Received 17 Apr 2025Crooksbury Lodge, Smugglers Way, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1NA
Received 17 Apr 20252 Island Cottages, High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AT
Received 17 Apr 202590 Strathcona Avenue, Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23 4HR
Received 17 Apr 2025Elmsleigh Farm, Send Barns Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7BP
Received 17 Apr 2025Royal Grammar School, High Street, Guildford, GU1 3BB
Received 18 Apr 202513 Shalford Road, Guildford, GU4 8BL
Received 18 Apr 20252 Springfield Road, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5EN
Received 18 Apr 2025The Barn, The Street, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5LP
Received 17 Apr 202592 The Mount, Guildford, GU2 4JB
Received 18 Apr 2025Willow Brook Cottage, Ashbrook, White Hart Lane, Wood Street Village, Guildford, GU3 3EA
Received 18 Apr 2025Chestnut Farm, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NP
Received 18 Apr 2025South Send Hill House, Send Hill, Send, Woking, GU23 7AU
Received 18 Apr 202528 Daryngton Drive, Guildford, GU1 2QD
Received 21 Apr 202562 Saffron Platt, Guildford, GU2 9XZ
Received 21 Apr 202528 Woodlands Road, Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23 4HF
Received 22 Apr 2025Tollgate Farm, Guildford Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5QL
Received 22 Apr 2025Tollgate Farm, Guildford Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5QL
Received 22 Apr 2025Crown Cottage, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RD
Received 22 Apr 2025Crown Cottage, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RD
Received 22 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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