Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,762 approved · 917 refused · 249 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
3 Orchard Gardens, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5NR
Received 29 Sept 2025Valentines Farm, Rose Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6NE
Received 29 Sept 2025Old Tallows, Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SN
Received 29 Sept 20254 Dapdune Road, Guildford, GU1 4NY
Received 29 Sept 2025Howleen, Old Manor Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NE
Received 29 Sept 20254 Guildford Business Park, Guildford Business Park Road, Guildford, GU2 8SG
Received 26 Sept 202537 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HH
Received 29 Sept 2025Lake House, Mill Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RP
Received 29 Sept 2025Hornbeam, 174 The Street, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6HS
Received 29 Sept 20254 Doverfield Road, Guildford, GU4 7YF
Received 30 Sept 2025Ruskin, Green Dene, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5RG
Received 30 Sept 2025Building 20 JRM Dining Hall, Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright Camp, Brunswick Road, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0DT
Received 29 Sept 20258 Quakers Way, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3NF
Received 30 Sept 2025St Catherines Priory, Ferry Lane, Guildford, GU2 4EE
Received 30 Sept 2025High Ryde, Old Lane, Cobham, KT11 1NJ
Received 30 Sept 202550 Horseshoe Lane East, Guildford, GU1 2TL
Received 30 Sept 2025Nettlefield, School Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JN
Received 30 Sept 2025Flat 2, 5 Halifax Close, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3FN
Received 30 Sept 2025Bell And Colvill (Horsley), Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AU
Received 30 Sept 20251 West Horsley Place Cottages, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AW
Received 30 Sept 20255 Ecob Close, Guildford, GU3 3HP
Received 30 Sept 2025Pippins, Manor Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6JW
Received 1 Oct 202520 Lilac Close, Guildford, GU1 1PB
Received 1 Oct 2025Tithe Cottage, Forest Road, Effingham Junction, Leatherhead, KT24 5HE
Received 1 Oct 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage