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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.
4,741 approved · 912 refused · 247 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
76 Grange Road, Guildford, GU2 9QD
Received 3 Sept 202521 Oxenden Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1AR
Received 3 Sept 20255 Beechcroft Drive, Guildford, GU2 7SA
Received 3 Sept 202538 Sheepfold Road, Guildford, GU2 9TT
Received 4 Sept 2025Burnt Common Warehouse, London Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7JX
Received 4 Sept 2025Burnt Common Warehouse, London Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7JX
Received 4 Sept 202516 Tunsgate, Guildford, GU1 3QT
Received 3 Sept 202594 Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8AQ
Received 4 Sept 2025Bottle Works, The Bars, Guildford, GU1 4LP
Received 3 Sept 2025Arcot, Cranmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6BT
Received 4 Sept 202522 Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EN
Received 4 Sept 2025Woodside, New Road, Albury, GUILDFORD, GU5 9DB
Received 4 Sept 2025Land south of, Beech Lane, Normandy, GU3 2JH
Received 3 Sept 2025Burnt Common Nurseries, London Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LN
Received 4 Sept 202521 Station Road, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LQ
Received 4 Sept 2025Onslow Arboretum, Manor Way, Guildford
Received 4 Sept 2025Land south of the junction of Farnham Road and High View Road
Received 4 Sept 2025Birchetts, Heath View, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5ED
Received 5 Sept 2025Saffron Cottage, 17 Rose Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6NE
Received 4 Sept 2025124 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HQ
Received 5 Sept 202514 Larch Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1JY
Received 5 Sept 2025Leas View, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AP
Received 5 Sept 2025Seaforth Cottage, Gomshall Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HE
Received 5 Sept 2025Seaforth Cottage, Gomshall Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HE
Received 5 Sept 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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