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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.
4,703 approved · 903 refused · 245 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
12 Rapleys Field, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0LT
Received 16 Jul 20252 Lancaster Avenue, Guildford, GU1 3JR
Received 16 Jul 2025Land to the east of, Eashing Lane, Godalming, GU7
Received 16 Jul 2025Scout Headquarters Hall, Harpers Road, Ash
Received 16 Jul 2025Weyside Urban Village (Slyfield regeneration Programme), Slyfield Green, Guildford, GU1
Received 11 Jul 2025275 Stoughton Road, Guildford, GU2 9PR
Received 16 Jul 202518 Artillery Road, Guildford, GU1 4NW
Received 16 Jul 20257 Gardner Road, Guildford, GU1 4PG
Received 16 Jul 2025256 London Road, Guildford, GU4 7LD
Received 16 Jul 202533 Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UZ
Received 16 Jul 2025Rosemary Cottage, Old Portsmouth Road, Godalming, GU7 3BU
Received 16 Jul 202587 Horseshoe Lane East, Guildford, GU1 2TW
Received 17 Jul 202522 Gosden Hill Road, Guildford, GU4 7JE
Received 17 Jul 202522 Gosden Hill Road, Guildford, GU4 7JE
Received 17 Jul 20257 Gardner Road, Guildford, GU1 4PG
Received 17 Jul 2025St Catherines Priory, Ferry Lane, Guildford, GU2 4EE
Received 17 Jul 2025Hollycombe House, Down Lane, Compton, GUILDFORD, GU3 1DQ
Received 17 Jul 20254 Holmesdale Close, Guildford, GU1 2TP
Received 18 Jul 2025Wisteria Cottage, 42 Newark Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6BZ
Received 17 Jul 2025White Horse Yard, High Street, Ripley, GU23 6BB
Received 18 Jul 2025Seale, Send Hill, Send, Woking, GU23 7HR
Received 18 Jul 202515 Springhaven Close, Guildford, GU1 2JP
Received 18 Jul 202528 Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UZ
Received 18 Jul 2025Brick Stables, One Tree Hill Road, Guildford, GU4 8PL
Received 21 Jul 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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