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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 dates7,028Searchable applications
913Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,693 approved or refused records
921Refused applications
4,772 approved · 921 refused · 251 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 2023 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/D/00153
Cond 3 (Tree protection plan) of 25/P/00521
56 Nightingale Crescent, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6PD
Received 15 Oct 2025 - Decided24/D/00071/6
Discharge of condition 21 (landscape plan) of planning permission 22/P/02063 approved 04/12/2023
Elmsleigh Farm, Send Barns Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7BP
Received 15 Oct 2025 - Decided25/N/00101
Non-material amendment to planning permission 24/P/00210 approved 23/08/2024 to make amendments to the approved energy and sustainability statement and residential overheating analysis
Innisfree, Woodland Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AS
Received 15 Oct 2025 - Decided25/D/00154
Discharge of conditions 7 (Site waste management plan) and 14 (landscaping plan) of planning permission 25/P/00102 approved 24/6/2025
Green Tiles, High Park Avenue, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5DB
Received 16 Oct 2025 - Decided23/D/00161/9
Discharge of Condition 4 (Landscaping) of planning permission 21/P/01211 approved 3/10/2023.
Land at May and Juniper Cottages, Ash Green Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6JH
Received 16 Oct 2025 - Registered23/D/00186/15
Discharge of Condition 4 (SANG) of planning permission 22/P/01083 approved 18/8/2023.
Orchard Farm, Harpers Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6DE
Received 16 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01410
Advertisement consent for the installation of 2 no. non-illuminated steel mounted letter signs.
Friary Court, 13-21 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3DG
Received 16 Oct 2025 - Registered25/D/00145/1
Discharge of conditions 5 (CTMP), 6 (SWMP), 8 (SWDS) and 16 (internal road layout plan) of planning permission 21/P/01306 approved 28/11/2022.
Effingham Lodge Farm, Lower Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JP
Received 17 Oct 2025 - Decided25/W/00079
Application for prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 to add an additional storey.
Evergreen, Manor Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6JW
Received 16 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01411
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the single storey rear extension would be lawful.
7 Belvedere Close, Guildford, GU2 9NP
Received 16 Oct 2025 - Appeal decided25/P/01412
Proposed bin, bike store and associated walls to front of dwelling (retrospective application)
35 Sheeplands Avenue, Guildford, GU1 2SG
Received 17 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01413
Part single/two storey front and side extension and single storey rear extension following demolition of existing garage.
38 Oxenden Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1AJ
Received 17 Oct 2025 - Appeal decided25/P/01414
Erection of first floor front extension over new open timber porch, single storey rear extension with conversion of existing garage into habitable accommodation and erection of new detached garage along with alterations to fenestration, following demolition of existing conservatory/front porch.
Great Oaks, Goose Rye Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RQ
Received 17 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01415
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the conversion of loft space to habitable accommodation to include hip to gable, rear dormer together with new roof light and new fixed shut and obscure glazed side facing window would be lawful.
74 Byrefield Road, Guildford, GU2 9UA
Received 17 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01416
Proposed erection of a swimming pool and surrounding hard landscaping, including the installation of pool plant equipment and air source heat pump with soft landscape planting.
The Old Laundry, Albury Park, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9BH
Received 17 Oct 2025 - Decided25/D/00131/2
Discharge of conditions 16 (LEMP), 17 (CEMP) and 18 (biodiversity) of planning permission 23/P/00356 approved 19/2/2024.
Land at Cothelstone and Field Fares, Clandon Road, Send, GU23 7LA
Received 17 Oct 2025 - Decided25/N/00102
Non-material amendment to planning permission 21/P/02232 approved 28/03/2023 to change the approved drawings to replace the previously consented projecting balconies on the Millbrook elevation of Building B with Juliette balconies.
Debenhams, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3UU
Received 17 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01417
Erection of garden room.
6 Irwin Road, Guildford, GU2 7PP
Received 17 Oct 2025 - Decided25/T/00247
T1 (Common Ash) - carry out a 4-5 metre lateral reduction on the canopy by shortening the branch length back to suitable growth points, raise the canopy to approx. 2m from the ground level by removing the epicormic growth only and remove the major deadwood from the tree (Tree Preservation Order P1/201/280).
7 Compton Heights, Guildford, GU3 1DA
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01418
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed use to establish whether the use of the dwelling as a virtual office to operate as primary Private Hire Operator premises is lawful.
6 Ewins Close, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6SA
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01419
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use to establish whether the change of music room to habitable accommodation with changes to fenestration would be lawful.
9 Percy Road, Guildford, GU2 9PA
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01420
Single storey side extension (retrospective).
118 Poyle Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1DY
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/01421
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 2 (Approved Drawings) to make minor revisions to porch roof against planning permission 23/P/00381 for the erection of front porch (part retrospective), a two storey side extension with dormer windows, and single storey rear extension with rooflights.
118 Poyle Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1DY
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Registered25/P/01422
Change of use from a HMO for 6 or less persons (C4), to a Large HMO for more than 6 persons (Sui Generis)
58 Cedar Way, Guildford, GU1 1JQ
Received 20 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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