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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.
4,752 approved · 914 refused · 248 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
168 The Street, West Horsley, KT24 6HS
Received 17 Sept 2025168, The Street, West Horsley, KT24 6HS
Received 17 Sept 2025Emlyndene, Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PG
Received 17 Sept 2025Binton Farm House, Binton Farm, Binton Lane, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1LQ
Received 17 Sept 2025Cherrywood Nursery, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JT
Received 17 Sept 2025Locksley, 3 Shalford Road, Guildford, GU4 8AA
Received 17 Sept 202556 High View Road, Guildford, GU2 7RT
Received 17 Sept 2025Four Winds, 43 Levylsdene, Guildford, GU1 2RT
Received 17 Sept 202529 Chinthurst Park, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JH
Received 17 Sept 2025Regent House, Ward Street, Guildford, GU1 4LH
Received 17 Sept 2025Plaws Hill Common Land, Plaws Hill, Peaslake, Surrey
Received 18 Sept 2025Land at Green Lane, Green Lane, Ockham, GU23 6PQ
Received 18 Sept 2025The Old Barn, Back Lane, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SD
Received 18 Sept 202517 Dunlin Rise, Guildford, GU4 7DX
Received 18 Sept 202534 Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UZ
Received 18 Sept 2025Avila Cottage, Malthouse Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3PS
Received 19 Sept 20258 Walsham Mews, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6BW
Received 19 Sept 20252 Yew Tree Cottages, Cranmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6BU
Received 19 Sept 2025Amberwell, Newlands Corner, Guildford, GU4 8SE
Received 19 Sept 2025Little Hope, 58 Station Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HD
Received 19 Sept 2025Land at Tudor Lodge, Clandon Road, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7UU
Received 19 Sept 2025Sunnymead, 11 Newark Close, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6DW
Received 19 Sept 2025Rutland, Woodhouse Lane, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NN
Received 19 Sept 2025Pond Meadow School, Larch Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1DR
Received 15 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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