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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.
4,693 approved · 902 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beech Cottage, Upper Street, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JA
Received 8 Jul 2025Land to the rear of 139 Send Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7HN
Received 8 Jul 202518 Fort Road, Guildford, GU1 3TD
Received 8 Jul 202522 Artillery Terrace, Guildford, GU1 4NL
Received 8 Jul 202560 Chertsey Street, Guildford, GU1 4HL
Received 9 Jun 2025White Horse Yard, High Street, Ripley, GU23 6BB
Received 8 Jul 2025Meadow Cottage, Westfield, Hoe Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, RH5 6RS
Received 8 Jul 2025312 London Road, Guildford, GU4 7LB
Received 9 Jul 202539 Wanborough Way, Ash Green, Guildford, GU12 6GW
Received 9 Jul 202514 The Pathway, Send, Woking, GU23 7DA
Received 9 Jul 2025Farnham Road Hospital, Farnham Road, Guildford, GU2 7LX
Received 9 Jul 2025Heathfield, Heath Rise, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ET
Received 10 Jul 2025Daimar, 18 Parkside Close, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BY
Received 10 Jul 2025Pilgrims Court, Sydenham Road, Guildford, GU1 3RX
Received 10 Jul 2025Intilis, Surrey Gardens, Effingham Junction, Leatherhead, KT24 5HH
Received 10 Jul 2025Guildford Railway Station, Station View, Guildford
Received 10 Jul 202545 The Mount, Guildford, GU2 4HN
Received 10 Jul 2025Pembroke, Tuckey Grove, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6JG
Received 10 Jul 2025East Clandon Village Hall, The Street, East Clandon, GU4 7RY
Received 11 Jul 2025Wall adjacent to, St Martin's Church, Ockham Road South, East Horsley, KT24 6RL
Received 11 Jul 2025The Firs, Ash Green Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6JJ
Received 11 Jul 2025Norwich House, 14 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4AF
Received 11 Jul 2025Sheepleas House, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AL
Received 11 Jul 20252 Heath Rise, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ET
Received 11 Jul 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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