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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Guildford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,772 approved · 921 refused · 251 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Elmside, Guildford, GU2 7SJ
Received 14 Oct 202530 Maytree Close, Guildford, GU1 1PJ
Received 14 Oct 202515 Bannisters Road, Guildford, GU2 7RA
Received 14 Oct 202525 Weylea Avenue, Guildford, GU4 7YN
Received 14 Oct 2025Nutberry Fruit Farm, Portsmouth Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6BA
Received 14 Oct 202514 Ennismore Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1SP
Received 14 Oct 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 14 Oct 202554 Queen Eleanors Road, Guildford, GU2 7SN
Received 15 Oct 202511 Little Orchard Way, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JY
Received 15 Oct 2025Sadlers Cottage Farm, Vicarage Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7JN
Received 15 Oct 2025The Priestley Centre, 10 Priestley Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7YP
Received 15 Oct 2025Manor Cottage, Upper Street, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JE
Received 15 Oct 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 15 Oct 2025Fox Cottage, 31 Alexandra Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6PQ
Received 15 Oct 2025Wyke Lodge, Guildford Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AN
Received 15 Oct 202576 Nightingale Road, Guildford, GU1 1EP
Received 15 Oct 202576 Nightingale Road, Guildford, GU1 1EP
Received 15 Oct 20254 Farm Walk, Guildford, GU2 7QW
Received 15 Oct 2025Watts Gallery, Down Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1DQ
Received 15 Oct 2025The Folly, Backside Common, Wood Street Village, Guildford, GU3 3EB
Received 16 Oct 202536 Fentum Road, Guildford, GU2 9SA
Received 16 Oct 2025Hollow Trees, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RD
Received 16 Oct 2025Hollow Trees, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RD
Received 16 Oct 2025Streamside, Harpers Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6DB
Received 15 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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