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Planning application documents: what to read first
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Guildford Borough Council
Planning applications.
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 dates6,923Searchable 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4,709 approved · 903 refused · 245 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning information Comment on a planning applicationLocal plan Guildford Local PlanConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Find out if an article 4 direction applies to your property
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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More application records
- Appeal decided25/P/01073
Erection of 1 x two-storey and 1 x three-storey residential blocks comprising of 2 x one-bedroom flats and 3 x two-bedroom flats.
132 Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9RT
Received 24 Jul 2025 - Decided25/D/00023/10
Discharge of conditions 7 (roof plant), 38 (EV charging) and 39 (cycle parking) of planning application 21/P/02565 approved 20/12/2024.
Guildford Railway Station, Station View, Guildford
Received 24 Jul 2025 - Decided25/P/01074
Proposed replacement of a single external door on the rear elevation together with a new path.
St Johns The Evangelist Church, Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 1HB
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/D/00103
Discharge of conditions 4 (existing and proposed finished site, floor and ridge levels), 5 (landscaping proposals and maintenance scheme), 6 (tree protection installation and site meeting), 7 (ecological management plan), 9 (Construction Transport Management Plan), 10 (dust management plan) and 14 (surface water drainage scheme) of planning application 23/P/00735 approved 24/08/2023.
Lantern House & Carriage House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4TX
Received 24 Jul 2025 - Decided25/P/01075
Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
29 Spiceall, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1JQ
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Awaiting decision25/P/01076
Change of use of a 7 bed dwelling house (C3) to Sui Generis 8 bedroom HMO (retrospective application).
28 Pond Meadow, Guildford, GU2 8LF
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/P/01077
Listed Building Consent for the conversion of the existing outbuilding, full refurbishment of the property including replacement electrics & plumbing throughout together with internal alteration's following demolition of the existing rear extension (amended description 17/12/25)
Cross Farm, The Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AH
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/D/00104
Discharge of condition 3 (Biodiversity Net Gain) of planning permission 24/P/01358 approved 03/07/2025
Oaktrees, Clandon Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LA
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/P/01078
Application under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for the variation of condition 2 (drawing numbers) of planning permission 25/P/00046, (approved 19/06/25 for a single storey side and rear extension, first floor/roof extension, front entrance canopy, replacement shed, alterations to existing wall materials and installation of solar panels) for the addition of dormer windows and alteration of rear glazing.
Field Cottage, Bluebell Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6RH
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/P/01079
Erection of a single-storey rear extension, together with alterations to the external appearance including changes to fenestration and external materials
9 Old Cross Tree Way, Ash Green,Guildford, GU12 6HT
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/W/00058
Prior approval for change of use from Use Class E (office use) to Use Class C3 (dwellinghouse) under Class MA of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).The proposal involves the conversion of approximately 51.2 sq m (551.1 sq ft) of first-floor office space into a 1-bedroom residential flat.
Transform Housing, First Floor, 204 London Road, Guildford, GU4 7JS
Received 27 Jul 2025 - Decided25/CON/00045
Consultation from Waverley Borough Council for: Erection of a stable building; siting of a caravan for rural workers dwelling; installation of a charcoal retort.
Woodhill Sandpit, Farley Heath Road, Wonersh, Guildford
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/P/01080
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether a double hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer window would be lawful.
12 Wodeland Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4JX
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Received25/EC/00204/APL
Consideration of pre-emptive injunction relating to ongoing uses and operational development at Wanborough Fields.
Lots A1-G, Wanborough Fields, west of, Westwood Lane, Wanborough, Guildford
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/T/00163
T1 Holly - fell to ground level
Springfield House, The Spinning Walk, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HN
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/P/01081
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether a loft conversion with a front rooflight and rear facing dormer addition would be lawful.
37 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HH
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/D/00105
Discharge of Condition Condition 4 (Noise Assessment Report) of planning permission 25/P/00360 approved 10/07/2025
36 Stringers Avenue, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU4 7NW
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/P/01082
Application under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for the variation of condition 2 (drawing numbers) of planning permission 24/P/00694, (approved 06/08/24 for a proposed construction of a two bay garage, to remove the two bay garage and replace with a log store and carport.
6A Ashdene Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6TB
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/P/01083
Erection of a retaining front wall, hard standing to provide car parking space, new steps to the property and alterations to existing shared driveway, following removal of existing front hedge and retaining wall.
Cherry Tree Cottage, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6PD
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Received25/EC/00101/APL
Enforcement Appeal (conjoined with Planning Appeal): Appeal references APP/Y3615/C/25/3369001 & APP/Y3615/W/25/3366788
The Paddock, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1AD, also known as Grace Acres and also known as Land at Monkshatch Garden Farm, Down Lane, Compton, Guildford
Received 24 Jul 2025 - Appeal decided25/P/01084
Change of use from an existing dwelling house under C3 to a 7 bedroom HMO under Sui Generis. (Description amended 10/12/25).
183 Applegarth Avenue, Guildford, GU2 8LP
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/P/01085
Construction of a part two, part single storey rear extension with roof terraces following demolition of existing rear conservatory.
Byways, Guildford Lodge Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6RJ
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/T/00164
Leylandii tree - fell to ground level (Chilworth Gunpowder Mills Conservation Area)
Old Manor Farm, Old Manor Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NE
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/P/01086
Construction of a two storey front extension, the addition of two dormer windows to rear, together with the re-cladding with brick and stone.
Drovers, White Lane, Guildford, GU4 8PS
Received 29 Jul 2025
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What these statistics cover
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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