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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.
4,709 approved · 903 refused · 245 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
176 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HW
Received 21 Jul 2025123 Rydes Hill Road, Guildford, GU2 9TY
Received 21 Jul 202547 Guildford Park Avenue, Guildford, GU2 7NL
Received 21 Jul 202574 Homestall, Guildford, GU2 8JS
Received 21 Jul 2025151 Applegarth Avenue, Guildford, GU2 8LP
Received 21 Jul 2025White Horse Yard, High Street, Ripley, GU23 6BB
Received 18 Jul 2025Land bounded by the Friary Centre Bus Station, North Street, Leapale Road, Guildford, GU1
Received 21 Jul 2025Elmsleigh Farm, Send Barns Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7BP
Received 21 Jul 2025Drydown Farm, Hound House Road, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JG
Received 21 Jul 202523 Redwood close, Guildford, GU1 2NP
Received 21 Jul 2025Stringers Barn, Salt Box Road, Guildford, GU4 7PX
Received 21 Jul 202524 Fort Road, Guildford, GU1 3TE
Received 21 Jul 20256 Denzil Road, Guildford, GU2 7NQ
Received 21 Jul 2025Bexon, School Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JN
Received 22 Jul 2025Tanglewood, Guildford Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2DA
Received 22 Jul 2025Bavins, Mark Way, Godalming, GU7 2BW
Received 22 Jul 202553 Sandfields, Send, Woking, GU23 7AZ
Received 22 Jul 202590A Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 2DH
Received 22 Jul 2025Rickford House, Rickford, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3PJ
Received 22 Jul 202556 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3ES
Received 22 Jul 2025Hilgarth, Church Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RU
Received 22 Jul 202525 Weylea Avenue, Guildford, GU4 7YN
Received 22 Jul 2025Sheepleas House, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AL
Received 22 Jul 2025Young Oak House, Oaktrees, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6QS
Received 23 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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