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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.
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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.
4,720 approved · 904 refused · 245 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 1 Aug 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 1 Aug 202529 Cardwells Keep, Guildford, GU2 9PD
Received 1 Aug 202525 Bushy Hill Drive, Guildford, GU1 2UH
Received 1 Aug 2025Hollybush Lakes, Hollybush Lane, Hampshire, GU12 5NQ
Received 1 Aug 2025White Lodge, Send Marsh Green, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6LA
Received 1 Aug 2025Oak Ridge, Fulvens, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9PG
Received 1 Aug 2025Keston, Woodstock, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7UJ
Received 1 Aug 2025West Horsley Place, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AN
Received 1 Aug 2025Great Westwood, Westwood Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2JE
Received 1 Aug 2025Great Westwood, Westwood Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2JE
Received 1 Aug 2025Foxholes Wood, Farley Green, Albury GU5 9DN
Received 1 Aug 202525 Queen Eleanors Road, Guildford, GU2 7SN
Received 4 Aug 2025Land to the rear of 12 - 16, Waterden Road, Guildford, GU1 2AW
Received 4 Aug 20253 The Birches, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6QY
Received 4 Aug 2025Millwater Barn, Mill Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6QT
Received 4 Aug 2025Shere Surgery And Dispensary, Gomshall Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9DR
Received 4 Aug 2025111 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 2LE
Received 4 Aug 202523 Austen Road, Guildford, GU1 3NP
Received 4 Aug 202521 Austen Road, Guildford, GU1 3NP
Received 4 Aug 202516 Litchfield Way, Guildford, GU2 7QH
Received 4 Aug 2025Sheepleas House, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AL
Received 4 Aug 2025148 Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8BH
Received 4 Aug 2025Three Acre Barn, Guildford Road, Effingham KT24 5QQ
Received 4 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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