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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.
4,748 approved · 914 refused · 248 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Longmead, Guildford, GU1 2HN
Received 11 Sept 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 12 Sept 2025Urn Field, Downside Road, Guildford
Received 12 Sept 2025115 Hazel Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1NU
Received 12 Sept 202519A Ash Street, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6LA
Received 15 Sept 20256 The Ridgeway, Guildford, GU1 2DG
Received 15 Sept 2025Woodys Cottage, Brook Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DH
Received 15 Sept 2025National Rifle Association Bisley Camp, Queens Road, Brookwood, Woking, GU24 0PB
Received 16 Sept 2025164 Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9RX
Received 16 Sept 2025Meadow Corner, Boughton Hall Avenue, Send, Woking, GU23 7DF
Received 15 Sept 2025TABIAT, Cobbett Hill Road, Normandy, GUILDFORD, GU3 2AA
Received 15 Sept 2025Cross Farm, The Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AH
Received 15 Sept 2025Ryders, Oak Grange Road, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7UA
Received 15 Sept 202528 Rydes Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9SR
Received 17 Sept 202528 Mount Pleasant, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6BL
Received 17 Sept 2025Hill Path, 19 Pilgrims Way, Puttenham, Guildford, GU4 8AD
Received 16 Sept 2025Burnt Common Nurseries, London Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LN
Received 16 Sept 2025Land to the south end of Burnt Common Nurseries,, London Road, Send, GU23 7JX
Received 16 Sept 2025Heath Cottage, Cuttmill Road, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6BJ
Received 16 Sept 2025Eashing Farm Bungalow Alongside A3, Lower Eashing, Godalming, GU8 6AA
Received 16 Sept 20254 Guildford Business Park, Guildford Business Park Road, Guildford, GU2 8SG
Received 16 Sept 20254 Guildford Business Park, Guildford Business Park Road, Guildford, GU2 8SG
Received 16 Sept 2025Orchard Gate, Old Rectory Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6QH
Received 17 Sept 20257 The Quadrangle, Guildford, GU2 7TT
Received 17 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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