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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4,631 approved · 880 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Harrow Inn, The Street, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EG
Received 24 Apr 202590 The Mount, Guildford, GU2 4JB
Received 25 Apr 2025Church House, 10 Chesham Road, Guildford, GU1 3LS
Received 25 Apr 2025Stringers Barn, Salt Box Road, Guildford, GU4 7PX
Received 22 Apr 2025St Germain, The Warren, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5RH
Received 25 Apr 2025Strathaven, Frimley Road, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5PJ
Received 25 Apr 2025Land at Manor Farm, The Street, Tongham, GU10 1DG
Received 25 Apr 2025Millwater, Mill Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6QT
Received 25 Apr 202522 Colburn Crescent, Guildford, GU4 7YZ
Received 25 Apr 202515 Waterden Road, Guildford, GU1 2AN
Received 25 Apr 202534 East Meads, Guildford, GU2 7SP
Received 25 Apr 202517 Miller Road, Guildford, GU4 7DG
Received 25 Apr 202543 Sheepfold Road, Guildford, GU2 9TT
Received 25 Apr 2025Tamarisk, Pincott Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JH
Received 28 Apr 2025Round Meadow, Aldershot Road, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0DQ
Received 28 Apr 2025Round Meadow, Aldershot Road, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0DQ
Received 28 Apr 2025Old River Cottage, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3XJ
Received 28 Apr 202587 Carfax Avenue, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1BE
Received 28 Apr 202566 Queenhythe Road, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU4 7NX
Received 28 Apr 2025Chalfont, White Lane, Ash Green, GU12 6HN
Received 28 Apr 2025Manor House Cottage, Hook Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AN
Received 28 Apr 2025Southend Cottage, Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PF
Received 28 Apr 2025The Howard Nursery, Howard Of Effingham School, Lower Road, Effingham, KT24 5JR
Received 28 Apr 2025Hazelhurst Farm, Tithebarns Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7LE
Received 28 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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