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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.
4,697 approved · 902 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Heath Rise, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ET
Received 11 Jul 2025Stable Rise, Wix Hill, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6ED
Received 11 Jul 20254 Wilderness Road, Guildford, GU2 7QN
Received 11 Jul 2025Tredean, Lime Grove, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7UT
Received 14 Jul 2025Pilgrims Court, Sydenham Road, Guildford, GU1 3RX
Received 14 Jul 202585 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3PA
Received 14 Jul 202585 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3PA
Received 14 Jul 2025South Cottage, The Street, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EB
Received 14 Jul 2025Flat 2, 3 Hunter Road, Guildford, GU1 3LH
Received 14 Jul 2025Lockner Farm, Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RH
Received 14 Jul 2025Land at Former Pond Meadow School, Pond Meadow, Guildford
Received 14 Jul 2025Land at, High View, Gomshall, GU5 9LT
Received 14 Jul 2025Sandfield Primary School, Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 4DT
Received 14 Jul 2025Manor Farm, East Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6HQ
Received 9 Jul 2025Frogmore Cottage, Ripley Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SE
Received 14 Jul 2025Land at Former Pond Meadow School, Pond Meadow, Guildford
Received 14 Jul 202534 The Paddocks, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2HA
Received 15 Jul 20251 Church Street, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5NA
Received 15 Jul 202550 Ash Church Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6LX
Received 15 Jul 2025Dowgill, Woodhouse Lane, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NN
Received 15 Jul 202511 Beech Close, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5PQ
Received 15 Jul 2025Riverway Industrial Estate, Old Portsmouth Road, Artington, Guildford, GU3 1LZ
Received 15 Jul 20251 Harts Gardens, Guildford, GU2 9QA
Received 15 Jul 2025Firbank Cottage, Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EW
Received 15 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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