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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4,720 approved · 904 refused · 245 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Upper Edgeborough Road, Guildford, GU1 2BG
Received 4 Aug 20252 Montagu Place, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8DU
Received 5 Aug 2025Lantern House and Carriage House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford
Received 5 Aug 2025Land north of, Springfield Cottages, Grange Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1DN
Received 5 Aug 2025Mansell, Dedswell Drive, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TQ
Received 5 Aug 20252 Rose Cottage, Church Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AL
Received 5 Aug 2025Weston Lea Cottage, The Street, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AE
Received 5 Aug 2025Knowles, The Street, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AE
Received 5 Aug 2025Millennium Cottages, The Street, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AD
Received 5 Aug 2025Lyon House, 14 Aldersey Road, Guildford, GU1 2ES
Received 6 Aug 2025Flat 6, Ranmore Place, Ranmore Common, Dorking, RH5 6SX
Received 6 Aug 2025Stepping Stones, Wonham Way, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9NZ
Received 6 Aug 2025Rokers Animal Feed, Holly Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3PB
Received 6 Aug 202516 Lyons Drive, Guildford, GU2 9YP
Received 6 Aug 202511 Ridgemount, Guildford, GU2 7TH
Received 6 Aug 2025Ipsley Lodge Stables, Hogs Back, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1LA
Received 6 Aug 20252 Goldfinch Gardens, Guildford, GU4 7DN
Received 6 Aug 2025Shortlands Farm, Guildford Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6DF
Received 6 Aug 2025Artington Court, Old Portsmouth Road, Artington, Guildford, GU3 1LJ
Received 7 Aug 202525 Chinthurst Park, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JH
Received 7 Aug 2025Fox Dell, 2 Burrow Close, Curling Vale, Guildford, GU2 7AN
Received 7 Aug 202554 Farnham Road, Guildford, GU2 4PE
Received 7 Aug 2025Pine Tree Cottage, Ockham Road South, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6RZ
Received 7 Aug 2025Burnt Common Warehouse, London Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7JX
Received 8 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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