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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.
4,766 approved · 921 refused · 250 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at St Pauls Church Of England Infant School, West Ring, The Cardinals, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1EF
Received 8 Oct 2025143 The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AT
Received 6 Oct 20252 South Side, The Cardinals, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1EH
Received 9 Oct 202532 The Greenwood, Guildford, GU1 2ND
Received 9 Oct 202532 The Greenwood, Guildford, GU1 2ND
Received 9 Oct 2025Map Cottage, Shophouse Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9EG
Received 9 Oct 2025145-147 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AA
Received 10 Oct 202514 Blackwell Avenue, Guildford, GU2 8LU
Received 10 Oct 2025The Tyrrell Building, Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PG
Received 10 Oct 2025New Manor Farm, Old Epsom Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RL
Received 10 Oct 2025Chaucer Court, Lawn Road, Guildford, GU2 4DB
Received 10 Oct 20251 Hops End, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AE
Received 10 Oct 202518 Weald Close, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HX
Received 10 Oct 2025Mayfield, The Warren, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5RH
Received 10 Oct 202523 Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9RW
Received 13 Oct 202510 Yew Close, East Horsley, KT24 6FX
Received 13 Oct 2025Highcroft, Ockham Road South, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6RX
Received 13 Oct 2025Mazamboni Equestrian Centre, Stanley Hill, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0DN
Received 13 Oct 202522 Orchard Road, Burpham, Guildford, GU4 7JH
Received 13 Oct 2025Summer Place, Pirbright Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AQ
Received 13 Oct 202531 Prospect Road, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5ED
Received 13 Oct 202536 Woodlands Road, Little Bookham, KT23 4HF
Received 13 Oct 2025Burnt Common Nurseries, London Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LN
Received 14 Oct 2025Huckamoor, Orchard Close, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5EZ
Received 14 Oct 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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