Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,840 approved · 935 refused · 256 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Chinthurst Hill Farm, Chinthurst Lane, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0DR
Received 5 Jan 2026106 Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 1HB
Received 5 Jan 202621 Byrefield Road, Guildford, GU2 9UD
Received 5 Jan 202616 Headley Way, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6GR
Received 5 Jan 2026Eashing Farm, Eashing Lane, Godalming, GU7 2QB
Received 5 Jan 2026The Elms, Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SL
Received 6 Jan 20261 Heath Barn Cottages, Send Marsh Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7DQ
Received 6 Jan 20261 Heath Barn Cottages, Send Marsh Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7DQ
Received 6 Jan 2026Braeside, Send Hill, Send, Woking, GU23 7HW
Received 6 Jan 2026Russetts, Boughton Hall Avenue, Send, Woking, GU23 7DE
Received 7 Jan 2026Wix Hill House, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6DY
Received 7 Jan 2026Forge Cottage, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NP
Received 8 Jan 2026Eggardon House, 36 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3LE
Received 8 Jan 202664 Charlock Way, Guildford, GU1 1XZ
Received 8 Jan 2026Penylan, Ripley Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JJ
Received 8 Jan 2026Holm Bush Cottage, Wood Lane, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1HS
Received 8 Jan 2026101 Sheepfold Road, Guildford, GU2 9TU
Received 9 Jan 2026Little Orchard, Boughton Hall Avenue, Send, Woking, GU23 7DD
Received 8 Jan 202633 Harvey Road, Guildford, GU1 3LU
Received 8 Jan 202622 Mountside, Guildford, GU2 4JE
Received 8 Jan 2026Green Tiles, High Park Avenue, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5DB
Received 5 Jan 202646 Horseshoe Lane East, Guildford, GU1 2TL
Received 9 Jan 2026Lavender Cottage, Felday Glade, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6PG
Received 9 Jan 2026Pipkin, Grove Heath Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6EU
Received 9 Jan 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage