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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.
4,718 approved · 904 refused · 245 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Horseshoe Lane West, Guildford, GU1 2SZ
Received 29 Jul 2025Church Cottage, The Street, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RY
Received 29 Jul 2025Rivendell, 14 Flower Walk, Guildford, GU2 4EP
Received 29 Jul 2025Connemara, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JE
Received 29 Jul 2025Land south of, Beech Lane, Normandy, GU3 2JH
Received 30 Jul 20256 New Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8LW
Received 30 Jul 2025West Wyke Farm, Wyke Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EE
Received 30 Jul 202511 Oakdene Road, Peasmarsh, Guildford, GU3 1ND
Received 30 Jul 2025Petrol Filling Station, Ladymead, Guildford
Received 29 Jul 202538 Brooke Forest, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3JJ
Received 30 Jul 2025White Lodge, Manor Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6JW
Received 30 Jul 2025Field Fares, Clandon Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LA
Received 31 Jul 2025279 Grange Road, Guildford, GU2 9QZ
Received 31 Jul 20254 London Road, Guildford, GU1 2AF
Received 31 Jul 20254 London Road, Guildford, GU1 2AF
Received 31 Jul 2025Hunters Hill, Shophouse Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9EQ
Received 31 Jul 2025Hunters Hill, Shophouse Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9EQ
Received 31 Jul 2025Landthorne, Elstead Road, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1JA
Received 31 Jul 202594 Potters Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7AL
Received 31 Jul 2025St Pauls Church Of England Infant School, West Ring, The Cardinals, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1EF
Received 31 Jul 2025127 Addison Road, Guildford, GU1 3QE
Received 31 Jul 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 1 Aug 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 1 Aug 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 1 Aug 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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