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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates6,999Searchable applications
906Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,681 approved or refused records
918Refused applications
4,763 approved · 918 refused · 249 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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- Decided25/P/01361
External shopfront re-decoration to include reinstatement of the original 'wrap around' sign-band above shopfront, repaint shopfront and existing external timberwork above shopfront and external brass plate elements to be cleaned and made good.
70 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HE
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01362
Advertisement consent for 9 no. non-illuminated fascia signs, 1no. internally illuminated sign, 1no. projecting sign, and 1no non illuminated- door sign (description amended 28/10/2025).
70 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HE
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01363
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether a change of use from C3 to C4 HMO together with alterations of fenestration to rear elevation would be lawful.
161 Park Barn Drive, Guildford, GU2 8EU
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01364
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether a loft conversion with hip to gable conversion and rear dormer window and insertion of rooflights in front roof slope would be lawful.
12 Bicknell Close, Guildford, GU1 1JA
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01365
Erection of a new modular office building and associated road access and ancillary works.
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Ash Rd, Pirbright, Guildford, GU24 0NQ
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/T/00232
Weeping Willow - crown reduction to achieve an overall height and spread of 12 metres (East Clandon Conservation Area).
Stuart Cottage, Ripley Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SF
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/N/00097
Non-material amendment to planning application 24/P/01254 approved 11/03/2025 to allow changes to plot 9 car port and associated boundary treatment.
The Paddock, Guildford Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5QA
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Received21/EC/00032/APL
Appeal Ref APP/EN/21/00032
6 Fir Tree Road, Guildford, GU1 1JJ
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/T/00233
Amended Description A - Yew Tree - reduce by 3m in height and prune back for the remainder of the tree. B - The Acacia - reduce in height by no more than 3m with an overall pruning of the tree. (Charlotteville & Warren Road Conservation Area)
4 Harvey Gardens, Addison Road, Guildford, GU1 3QJ
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01366
Listed Building Consent for internal works and external works, including repair works to existing roof, addition of vented caps to open chimney pots, repair of external render, replacement of rear downpipe. Remove detached garage door, internal alterations to the garage and re-lay driveway pebbles (amended documents received 09.03.2026) (description amended 01.06.2026).
The Old Vicarage, High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AE
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/T/00234
Oak Tree: Work is to reduce loading on overextended limb, which extends over garden and children's play area, to reduce chance of limb failure. Cut diameter won't exceed 100mm, limb to be cut back by approximately 3 metres (TPO P1/201/453).
Holmehurst, Dedswell Drive, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TQ
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01367
Creation of swimming pool complex comprising main pool hall, plunge pool, plant room, gym and changing facilities, ancillary storage and W/C and solar panel array following demolition of existing swimming pool building
Tyrellswood, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6ER
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/T/00235
01 Mixed Hedge - Reduce height by 1m, 02 Mixed Hedge - reduce height by 2m, 03 Dead Elder - Fell 1m, 05 Laurel and Conifer - Trim the top of the hedges on both sides of the drive. (West Horsley Conservation Area)
11 The Street, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AY
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Awaiting decision25/P/01368
Erection of a three storey building comprising a 70 bed care home (Class C2) and associated access, car and cycle parking and landscaping.
Land at Hammersley Drive, Ash, GU12
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01369
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether a proposed single storey rear extension 3m deep together with hip to gable roof extension, rear dormer window and two new front roof lights would be lawful.
49 Old Palace Road, Guildford, GU2 7TX
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01370
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the formation of habitable room in roofspace and insertion of rear dormer and three front rooflights would be lawful.
30 Glendale Drive, Guildford, GU4 7HZ
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01371
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of 2no single storey outbuildings in the rear would be lawful.
Ryders, Oak Grange Road, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7UA
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided25/T/00236
T1 Walnut tree - Fell and remove stump (Effingham Conservation Area)
The Coach House, Guildford Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5QA
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided25/T/00237
T1 Oak - Remove snapped lower Limb (TPO - P1/201/19)
13 Pimms Close, Guildford, GU4 7YG
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Registered25/P/01372
Erection of single storey side extension to the existing sales building, creation of three covered jet wash bays and four EV Charging bays, erection of new substation enclosure in addition to changes to forecourt layout
Demon Service Station, Ladymead, Guildford, GU1 1BZ
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided25/N/00098
Non-material amendment to planning application 22/P/00500 approved 26/10/2022 to add acoustic enclosure structure around the ASHP.
Stable Rise, Wix Hill, West Horsley, Leatherhed, KT24 6ED
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided25/T/00238
Oak Tree (T1) - crown reduce height by approximately 3 metres in height and reduce side branches by approximately 2 metres, leaving a finished crown height of 22 metres and a crown spread of 19 metres (Tree Preservation Order P1/201/490).
75 Merrow Woods, Guildford, GU1 2LJ
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided25/T/00239
Mature Ash (T1 Fraxinus excelsior) - crown reduce by up to 3 metres in height and width (Tree Preservation Order no. 13 of 2011).
15 Glendale Drive, Guildford, GU4 7HX
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01373
Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use to establish whether the change of use to a single dwelling house began more than four years before the date of this application.
Chestnut Farm Cottage, Chestnut Farm, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NP
Received 8 Oct 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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