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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.
4,834 approved · 934 refused · 255 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 2023 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clandon Regis, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SU
Received 15 Dec 2025Clandon Regis, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SU
Received 15 Dec 202511 Grantley Close, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8DL
Received 15 Dec 2025Stable Cottage, Hook Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QQ
Received 16 Dec 2025Stable Cottage, Hook Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QQ
Received 16 Dec 202549 Holford Road, Guildford, GU1 2QE
Received 16 Dec 20255 Great Quarry, Guildford, GU1 3XN
Received 16 Dec 2025Kings College For The Arts And Technology, Southway, Guildford, GU2 8DU
Received 16 Dec 2025Gatwick Bridge, Lombard Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6BH
Received 16 Dec 2025Gatwick Bridge, Lombard Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6BH
Received 16 Dec 202523 Foxglove Gardens, Guildford, GU4 7ES
Received 16 Dec 2025Vale Lodge, 87A The Street, West Horsley, KT24 8BG
Received 16 Dec 2025Flat 1, Farnham Heights, The Mount, Guildford, GU1 4XE
Received 16 Dec 20252 Winchester Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6SX
Received 16 Dec 2025Guildford Pru, Pewley Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SQ
Received 17 Dec 20252 Gateways, Guildford, GU1 2LF
Received 17 Dec 2025The Coach House, 1 Paddock Grove , Effingham Leatherhead, KT24 5BF
Received 17 Dec 2025Land to the west of, Waterfields, West Clandon, Guildford, Surrey
Received 16 Dec 2025Hollybush Industrial Park, Site 1a, Hollybush Lane, Aldershot GU11 2PX
Received 16 Dec 2025Langdale, 4 Bennett Way, West Clandon, GUILDFORD, GU4 7TN
Received 16 Dec 20251 St Johns Road, Guildford, GU2 7UQ
Received 16 Dec 2025Cornerways, Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SN
Received 17 Dec 2025Hertford Park, Burdenshott Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RN
Received 17 Dec 202529-31 Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU1 1RT
Received 17 Dec 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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