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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.
4,844 approved · 936 refused · 256 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Weston Lodge, The Street, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AE
Received 13 Jan 2026Ockham Mill, Mill Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6QT
Received 12 Jan 202620 Dunsdon Avenue, Guildford, GU2 7NX
Received 12 Jan 202628 Grange Farm Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6SJ
Received 13 Jan 202625 Mead Way, Guildford, GU4 7LG
Received 13 Jan 2026Beaufort House, 31 Chertsey Street, Guildford, GU1 1HA
Received 12 Jan 2026Beaufort House, 31 Chertsey Street, Guildford, GU1 1HA
Received 12 Jan 2026Piccards Rough, Sandy Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1HF
Received 13 Jan 202634 Shepherds Lane, Guildford, GU2 9SL
Received 13 Jan 202673 Park Barn Drive, Guildford, GU2 8ER
Received 14 Jan 202640 Clifford Manor Road, Guildford, GU4 8AQ
Received 14 Jan 2026Monks, Priorswood, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1DS
Received 14 Jan 2026Monks, Priorswood, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1DS
Received 14 Jan 2026Land east of, Unstead Lane, Bramley, GU5 0BT
Received 14 Jan 2026Land east of, Unstead Lane, Bramley, GU5 0BT
Received 14 Jan 2026Land at Garlicks Arch, Send Marsh/Burnt Common, Portsmouth Road, Send
Received 14 Jan 202666 Envis Way, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3NJ
Received 9 Jan 2026St James Place, High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AF
Received 14 Jan 2026Piccards Rough, Sandy Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1HF
Received 14 Jan 202615 Raymond Crescent, Guildford, GU2 7SU
Received 14 Jan 202671 Stringers Avenue, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU4 7NN
Received 14 Jan 2026Ringwood Cottage, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NP
Received 14 Jan 2026Guildford Archery Club, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2DT
Received 15 Jan 202613 Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UX
Received 15 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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