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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.
4,728 approved · 908 refused · 246 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cross Farm, The Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AH
Received 12 Aug 202521 Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UX
Received 12 Aug 2025Little Hope, 58 Station Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HD
Received 12 Aug 20258 Vernon Way, Guildford, GU2 8DD
Received 13 Aug 2025The Hobbit Farm, Polesden Lane, Ripley, GU23 6DX
Received 13 Aug 2025Guildford Railway Station, Station View, Guildford
Received 13 Aug 2025Stoke Park Farm, Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UT
Received 13 Aug 2025Holly House, Sands Road, The Sands, Farnham, Surrey GU10 1PX
Received 12 Aug 2025Goal Farm, Gole Road, Woking, GU24 0PZ
Received 13 Aug 202568 Nightingale Road, Guildford, GU1 1EP
Received 14 Aug 2025Roseleigh, 27 Queen Street, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LY
Received 14 Aug 2025Flat 2, 12 Millmead Terrace, Guildford, GU2 4AT
Received 14 Aug 2025The Drummond, 55-56 Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 4RF
Received 14 Aug 20251 Bampfylde Cottages, Epsom Road, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RH
Received 14 Aug 2025Elm Lodge, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TF
Received 14 Aug 2025Robertson Nursing Home, Priorsfield Road, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2RF
Received 14 Aug 2025Burnt Common Nurseries, London Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LN
Received 15 Aug 2025Land to the south end of Burnt Common Nurseries,, London Road, Send, GU23 7JX
Received 15 Aug 202522 Pennings Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9SU
Received 15 Aug 202582 Beckingham Road, Guildford, GU2 8BU
Received 15 Aug 2025Hurtmore Golf Club, Hurtmore Road, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2RN
Received 15 Aug 202519 Grange Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1DJ
Received 15 Aug 202512 Harts Gardens, Guildford, GU2 9QA
Received 15 Aug 2025Gosden Hill Farm, Merrow Lane, Guildford, GU4 7LE
Received 18 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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