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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.
4,741 approved · 912 refused · 247 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tylers Croft, Abbotswood Close, Guildford, GU1 1XA
Received 8 Sept 2025Pound House, Upper Street, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JA
Received 8 Sept 202555 Curling Vale, Guildford, GU2 7PH
Received 9 Sept 202525 Chinthurst Park, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JH
Received 5 Sept 2025Gunyah, Felday Glade, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6PG
Received 9 Sept 202543 Sheepfold Road, Guildford, GU2 9TT
Received 9 Sept 2025Manor Farm, East Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6HQ
Received 9 Sept 202524 Speedwell Close, Guildford, GU4 7HE
Received 9 Sept 2025Robertson Nursing Home, Priorsfield Road, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2RF
Received 9 Sept 2025Norwich House, 14 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4AF
Received 9 Sept 202511 Southlands Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6NQ
Received 9 Sept 2025Norwich House, 14 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4AF
Received 9 Sept 2025Sherbourne Farm, Shere Road, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9BW
Received 9 Sept 2025Land at Cothelstone and Field Fares, Clandon Road, Send, GU23 7LA
Received 10 Sept 2025Land at Cothelstone and Field Fares, Clandon Road, Send, GU23 7LA
Received 10 Sept 202531 Mountside, Guildford, GU2 4JD
Received 10 Sept 2025Land adjacent to 6 Burnt Common Cottages, Clandon Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LA
Received 8 Sept 2025Brooycas, 5 Chantry View Road, Guildford, GU1 3XW
Received 3 Sept 2025Waterworks Cottage, Blacksmith Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NL
Received 10 Sept 202519 Wood Street, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5JF
Received 10 Sept 202520A Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HH
Received 10 Sept 2025Merrow Lawn Tennis Club, Epsom Road, Guildford, GU4 7AA
Received 10 Sept 202561 St Michaels Avenue, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3LZ
Received 10 Sept 2025Elmsleigh Farm, Send Barns Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7BP
Received 11 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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