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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.
4,840 approved · 935 refused · 256 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Follyhatch Farm, Normandy, Guildford
Received 18 Dec 2025Howard Of Effingham School, Lower Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JR
Received 22 Dec 2025Howard Of Effingham School, Lower Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JR
Received 22 Dec 2025Howard Of Effingham School, Lower Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JR
Received 22 Dec 202510 Denzil Road, Guildford, GU2 7NQ
Received 22 Dec 2025Land at Manor Farm, The Street, Tongham, GU10 1DG
Received 22 Dec 2025Greywings, Blighton Lane, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1PU
Received 22 Dec 2025St Marys Vicarage, Vicarage Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7JN
Received 22 Dec 2025Roseleigh, 27 Queen Street, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LY
Received 22 Dec 2025Woodhay, White Lane, Guildford, GU4 8PU
Received 22 Dec 2025Brooycas, 5 Chantry View Road, Guildford, GU1 3XW
Received 22 Dec 2025Maple Tree, Woodland Drive, East Horsley, Guildford, KT24 5AN
Received 23 Dec 20256 Broadacres, Guildford, GU3 3AZ
Received 23 Dec 2025The Courtyard, Wisley Lane, Wisley, Woking, GU23 6QL
Received 23 Dec 2025Plot 15, Berry Farm, Westwood Lane, Wanborough, Guildford
Received 23 Dec 202521 Newark Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6BS
Received 23 Dec 20254 Guildford Business Park, Guildford Business Park Road, Guildford
Received 23 Dec 2025Gunyah, Felday Glade, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6PG
Received 23 Dec 2025Greywings, Blighton Lane, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1PU
Received 24 Dec 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 24 Dec 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 24 Dec 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 24 Dec 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 24 Dec 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 24 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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