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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.
4,631 approved · 880 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Pit Farm Road, Guildford, GU1 2JL
Received 22 Apr 2025Sandfield Primary School, Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 4DT
Received 22 Apr 2025Western Down, 1, 7B Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EW
Received 22 Apr 2025Sandfield Primary School, Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 4DT
Received 22 Apr 2025Recreation Ground, Poyle Road, Tongham
Received 22 Apr 2025Brook House, Forest Close, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BU
Received 23 Apr 20253 Southlands Close, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6NH
Received 23 Apr 2025Larchways, Ockham Road North, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6PE
Received 23 Apr 2025Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX
Received 23 Apr 2025Brick Kiln Farm, Old Lane, Ockham, Guildford, Cobham, KT11 1NL
Received 23 Apr 20254 Guildford Business Park, Guildford Business Park Road, Guildford, GU2 8SG
Received 23 Apr 2025Flat 2, 58 Harvey Road, Guildford, GU1 3LU
Received 23 Apr 2025Littlecroft, 21 Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4ET
Received 23 Apr 2025Littlecroft, 21 Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4ET
Received 23 Apr 202523 Chart House Road, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5LS
Received 24 Apr 202574 The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AU
Received 24 Apr 202574 The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AU
Received 24 Apr 2025Weymead House, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3YA
Received 24 Apr 2025Stag Cottage, 94A Broad Street, Guildford, GU3 3BE
Received 24 Apr 2025Pound Cottage, Old Merrow Street, Guildford, GU4 7AY
Received 17 Apr 2025Land at rear of 43-45, Station Road, Shalford, GU4 8HU 5a and 5b Oakford mews, Shalford
Received 24 Apr 2025Elm House, Queen Eleanors Road, Guildford GU2 7SL
Received 24 Apr 2025Guildford Railway Station, Station View, Guildford
Received 24 Apr 202517-23 Market Street, Guildford, GU1 4LB
Received 24 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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