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Guildford Borough Council
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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.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
6,923Searchable applications
905Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,612 approved or refused records
903Refused applications

4,709 approved · 903 refused · 245 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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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  1. Decided25/P/01056

    Erection of part single, part first floor extension to the side, front and rear with dormer window and raising main roof. Erection of front porch including alteration to fenestrations.

    Maybankes, Tannery Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7EF

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  2. Decided25/T/00161

    Silver birch: fell

    Shere Car Park, Upper Street, Shere, GU5 9HE

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  3. Decided25/P/01057

    New pitched roof over existing detached garage.

    1 Nether Mount, Guildford, GU2 4LL

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  4. Decided25/P/01058

    Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the erection of an outbuilding/stables would be lawful.

    Fairoaks, Normandy Common Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AP

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  5. Decided25/P/01059

    Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the erection of an outbuilding/garage would be lawful.

    Fairoaks, Normandy Common Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AP

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  6. Decided25/P/01060

    Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of a single storey outbuilding would be lawful.

    3 Waterside Close, Send, Woking, GU23 7BW

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  7. Decided25/D/00001/2

    Discharge of condition 10 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of planning permission 23/P/01018, approved on 07/10/2024.

    Buren, Surrey Gardens, Effingham Junction, Leatherhead, KT24 5HF

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  8. Decided25/P/01061

    Certificate of lawfulness for existing use, to establish whether the use of the dwelling without compliance with the agricultural occupancy condition pursuant to GU/R 9061 began more than 10 years before the date of this application.

    Orchard Cottage, Back Lane, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SA

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  9. Decided25/P/01062

    Erection of a single storey rear extension and partial conversion of the existing garage into a home office.

    11 Cardwells Keep, Guildford, GU2 9PD

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  10. Decided25/P/01063

    Certificate of lawfulness to establish whether the proposed erection of a single storey outbuilding for a gym, bathroom, kitchenette, home office, pool plant storage and chemical store is lawful.

    Millwater Cottage, Mill Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6QT

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  11. Withdrawn25/P/01064

    Application under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for the variation of condition 21 (hard and soft landscape proposals) of planning permission 19/P/01460, approved 13/01/21 for the construction of a road bridge with associated footways and cycle path connecting Guildford Road / Ash Hill Road Roundabout to a new junction with Foreman Road over the North Downs Railway Line south of the existing Ash level crossing, in addition to associated junction improvements, landscaping mitigation, ecology management measures, flood mitigation measures, and drainage. To propose an amendment to the condition to allow for a time delay to completion of landscaping within this specific area. So, within 2 years, the aggregate is to be removed and the landscaping to be completed in line with the approved plans. The obligation to remove the material and undertake the seeding would fall away when Persimmon commence their housing development.

    Land east of Ash Railway Station & Foreman Road & south of, Guildford Road, Ash, GU12

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  12. Decided25/P/01065

    Single storey rear extension and single storey front infill extension (retrospective).

    Sandalwood, Long Hill, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1NG

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  13. Decided25/T/00162

    Pine Tree: Fell, Pear Tree: Fell and replaced by new cherry or pear tree, Elm tree: Fell and replace with laurel or deciduous hedge.

    Birchwood, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RE

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  14. Decided25/N/00078

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 23/P/01662, approved in 29/11/2023, to allow the introduction of a 300mm roof overhang to the rear elevation of the extension, changing the roofing material from grey slate to grey standing seam aluminum and amendments to the fenestration on the rear and side elevations.

    Wynford, Glendene Avenue, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AY

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  15. Decided25/P/01066

    Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 3 to remove the restrictions on use of the garage and allow use for residential accommodation. of planning permission Ref: 94/P/01333 for the 'Erection of a Single storey side extension to provide bedroom, bathroom, workshop, utility and double garage.'

    Sandalwood, Long Hill, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1NG

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  16. Received25/EC/00107/APL

    Enforcement Appeal: Appeal reference APP/Y3615/C/25/3368985

    Land known as land lying to the west of Westwood Lane, Wanborough, Guildford and part of the land known as Plots 10a, 11 & 14, Lot A1, Westwood Lane, Wanborough, Guildford

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  17. Decided25/P/01067

    Construction of two semi-detached 2 bedroom dwellings with associated parking and landscaping.

    Chequers, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TG

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  18. Decided25/P/01068

    Erection of a part single and part two storey side extension and alterations to fenestration following demolition of existing garage and utility area.

    7 Hillview Crescent, Guildford, GU2 8BG

    Received 24 Jul 2025
  19. Decided25/P/01069

    Replacement of one front facing first floor window.

    Cedars, 5A Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EW

    Received 24 Jul 2025
  20. Decided25/P/01070

    Part single, part two storey side and rear extension with roof lights and new vehicular access with parking and landscaping to include stairs and fencing following demolition of detached garage

    13 Chantry View Road, Guildford, GU1 3XW

    Received 24 Jul 2025
  21. Decided25/D/00094/1

    Discharge of condition 5 (contaminated land) and condition 6 (remediation) of planning permission 25/P/00037, approved on 01/07/2025.

    Land to the rear of 139 Send Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7HN

    Received 24 Jul 2025
  22. Decided25/P/01071

    Installation of sixteen electric vehicle charging stations, substation and associated equipment (feeder pillar) including installation of associated underground cabling to an underground point of connection.

    Visitors Car Park, RHS Garden Wisley, Royal Horticultural Society Gardens,, Wisley Lane, Wisley, GU23 6QB

    Received 24 Jul 2025
  23. Decided25/D/00101/1

    Discharge of Condition 27 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) of planning permission 25/P/00157 approved 2/7/2025.

    White Horse Yard, High Street, Ripley, GU23 6BB

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  24. Decided25/P/01072

    Listed building consent for alterations to dwelling including changes to windows and internal layout together with the removal of chimney, insertion of new window and rooflights and replacement external door (description amended 07/10/2025).

    Artington Manor Farm, Old Portsmouth Road, Artington, Guildford, GU3 1LP

    Received 24 Jul 2025

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