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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.
4,839 approved · 935 refused · 256 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, 155 Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8YH
Received 17 Dec 2025Ockham Cottage, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA
Received 17 Dec 2025Pembroke House, 54 Potters Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7AL
Received 17 Dec 202537 Woodlands Park, Guildford, GU1 2TJ
Received 18 Dec 202537 Curling Vale, Guildford, GU2 7PJ
Received 18 Dec 202539 Tillingbourne Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8ES
Received 18 Dec 202547 Northcote Crescent, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6LX
Received 18 Dec 202515 Charlock Way, Guildford, GU1 1YB
Received 18 Dec 2025Fox Cottage, 31 Alexandra Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6PQ
Received 18 Dec 2025Tabiat, Cobbett Hill Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AA
Received 18 Dec 2025Peaslake Village School, Colmans Hill, Peaslake, Guildford GU5 9RH
Received 18 Dec 2025Four Oaks, Woodland Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AN
Received 18 Dec 2025Manor Farm, East Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6HQ
Received 18 Dec 2025Land on the north side of, Orestan Lane, Effingham, KT24
Received 19 Dec 202520 The Ridings, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BN
Received 19 Dec 202519 Wentworth Close, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6DB
Received 19 Dec 2025Artington Manor Farm, Old Portsmouth Road, Artington, Guildford, GU3 1LP
Received 19 Dec 2025Pymhurst, 11 Semaphore Road, Guildford, GU1 3PS
Received 19 Dec 2025Land west of Winds Ridge and, Send Hill, Send, GU23 7HT
Received 19 Dec 2025Green Gates, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JT
Received 19 Dec 202516 Murrell Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6ST
Received 22 Dec 202528 Waterside Road, Guildford, GU1 1RE
Received 22 Dec 202563 Fairlands Road, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3HZ
Received 22 Dec 2025Land off, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, GU3
Received 18 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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