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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.
4,841 approved · 936 refused · 256 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pound House, Upper Street, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JA
Received 9 Jan 2026Bramble Cottage, Grange Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1DN
Received 12 Jan 202629 Potters Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7AJ
Received 12 Jan 2026Magnet, Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 1DP
Received 9 Jan 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 12 Jan 2026Royal Grammar School, High Street, Guildford, GU1 3BB
Received 9 Jan 2026Dell Cottage, Burrows Lea, Hook Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QQ
Received 12 Jan 2026Land south of, Beech Lane, Normandy, GU3 2JH
Received 7 Jan 2026Land to the North East of, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU1 1RR
Received 19 Dec 2025Summerfield, 26 Warren Road, Guildford, GU1 2HB
Received 19 Dec 2025Land to the North East of, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU1 1RR
Received 19 Dec 2025Holy Trinity Church Hall, Trinity Churchyard, Guildford
Received 12 Jan 2026Centre for Veterinary Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing, Ash Road, Pirbright, GU24 0NF
Received 8 Jan 2026Bell and Colvill Horsley, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AU
Received 8 Jan 202658 Woking Road, Guildford, GU1 1QH
Received 12 Jan 2026The Cottage, Upper Street, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JA
Received 12 Jan 2026Bowden Cottage, 30 London Road, Guildford, GU1 2AF
Received 12 Jan 2026Sage Cottage, School Hill, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1HY
Received 12 Jan 2026Brooycas, 5 Chantry View Road, Guildford, GU1 3XW
Received 9 Jan 2026Tithe Cottage, Forest Road, Effingham Junction, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5HE
Received 12 Jan 2026Appstree Farmhouse, Appstree Farm, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NP
Received 12 Jan 2026Unit 2, Midlelton Enterprise Park, Midleton Industrial Estate Road, Guildford, GU2 8FT
Received 13 Jan 2026153 The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AT
Received 13 Jan 2026Appstree Farmhouse, Appstree Farm, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NP
Received 12 Jan 2026Records 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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