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Guildford Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Guildford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates6,991Searchable applications
906Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,673 approved or refused records
915Refused applications
4,758 approved · 915 refused · 249 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Comment on a planning applicationLocal plan Guildford Local PlanConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Find out if an article 4 direction applies to your property
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas40 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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More application records
- Decided25/P/01297
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) to alter the fenestration and elevation details of planning permission reference 25/P/00477 (for the proposed ground floor rear extension, internal alterations and all associated works).
Oaklands, 6 The Ridings, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BN
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/D/00143
Discharge of Condition 3 (site investigation) and 7 (underground tanks) of planning permission 25/P/00526 approved 09/09/2025
Service Station, Portsmouth Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7JY
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/01298
Installation of an Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) Aira 12kW outdoor unit.
The Garden House, 9 Bradstone Brook, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HE
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/01299
Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a 7-Bed house of multiple occupation (Sui Generis), retention of single storey rear extension and provision of additional hardstanding within front garden.
70 Southway, Guildford, GU2 8DF
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/01300
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the addition of no2 dormer windows to the roof would be lawful.
61 St Michaels Avenue, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3LZ
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Registered25/P/01301
Construction of an agricultural track (retrospective application).
Valentines Farm, Rose Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6NE
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/D/00137/2
Discharge of Condition 4 (Preliminary Ecological Appraisal) of planning permission 25/P/00382 approved 11/09/2025
4 Guildford Business Park, Guildford Business Park Road, Guildford, GU2 8SG
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/01303
Proposed replacement garage, workshop and vehicular gates.
Oak Hill, Franksfield, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9SR
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/W/00075
Prior notification for a single storey 5.19 metre rear extension, 3.00 metres in height with an eaves height of 3.00 metres.
Oaks Rise, 76 Potters Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7AL
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/01304
Proposed part single/part two storey rear extension following demolition of the existing conservatory; partial conversion of the garage to habitable accommodation; changes to fenestration.
39 Summersbury Drive, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JG
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/T/00223
G1 8x sycamore - fell to ground level (West Horsley Conservation Area)
20 Walnut Tree Gardens, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6DW
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/T/00224
01 - Willow - Reduce Overall Size of Crown by 2m, Remove Deadwood greater than 25mm in diameter (Shere Conservation Area).
Sayers, The Square, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HG
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/01305
Proposed two storey side and single storey side/rear extensions and creation of new entrance porch.
2 Bulmer Cottages, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6PD
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/01306
Single storey infill rear extension.
23 Newark Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6BS
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/T/00225
T1 Norway Spruce - fell. T2 Ash - fell
2 The Bungalows, Mill Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6QT
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/D/00144
Discharge of Condition 3 (Fixed Plant, Machinery and Equipment) of planning permission 25/P/00362,approved 16/06/2025.
Beaufort House, 31 Chertsey Street, Guildford, GU1 1HA
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/01307
Change of use from an existing dwelling house under C3 to a 7 bedroom HMO under Sui Generis together with new bike store and the conversion of existing garage to living accommodation following the removal of existing conservatory and ground floor rear extension.
24 Maple Grove, Guildford, GU1 1LP
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/01308
Conversion of existing garage into habitable accommodation, together with re-modeling of front porch/canopy.
10 Laustan Close, Guildford, GU1 2TS
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/01309
Single-storey front and rear extension, along with a two-storey rear extension with internal structural alterations.
33 Ashbourne Close, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6AG
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/01310
Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use to establish whether the use of the land for the stationing of a free-standing cabin used as a welfare building in association with woodland maintenance and for social use in association with the dwelling at Cranmore Wood began more than 10 years before the date of this application (description amended 06/01/2025).
Cranmore Wood, Cranmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6BP
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/01311
Construction of single storey rear extension and partial garage conversion to habitable accommodation.
17 Wanborough Way, Ash Green, Guildford, GU12 6GW
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/T/00226
Reshape hedges 1, 2 and 3 to reshape to limit their height to 2 metres and reduce their width to recover unrestricted access to the church. The topping and pruning would be done over three winter periods so that no individual tree within the hedges has more than the top or one side pruned in one period (Ripley Conservation Area).
St Mary Magdalene Church, High Street, Ripley GU23 6AE
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Appeal decided25/P/01312
Erection of a two storey side and rear extension and attached garage to facilitate the creation of an additional storey, along with alterations to fenestration following demolition of garage/workshop and rear conservatory.
Nirvana, Orchard Close, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5EZ
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/S/00007
Request for an EIA Screening Opinion under the Town & Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended).
Aarons Hill, land to the east of, Eashing Lane, Godalming, GU7
Received 18 Sept 2025
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What these statistics cover
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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