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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Guildford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,846 approved · 937 refused · 256 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Longmead, Guildford, GU1 2HN
Received 26 Jan 20263 Appstree Cottages, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NR
Received 26 Jan 2026Land South of Gole Road, Woking, GU24 0QF
Received 26 Jan 202632 Litchfield Way, Guildford, GU2 7QH
Received 26 Jan 2026Longacres, Lower Eashing, Godalming, GU7 2QF
Received 26 Jan 202632 Ennismore Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1SR
Received 27 Jan 2026Perham, Old Lane Gardens, Effingham Junction, East Horsley, Cobham, KT11 1NN
Received 27 Jan 2026Land to the south of Barn End, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TG
Received 27 Jan 20267 May Crescent, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6PS
Received 27 Jan 202614 Finches Rise, Guildford, GU1 2UN
Received 27 Jan 2026Clandon Park Estate, The Street, West Clandon, GU4 7RQ
Received 22 Jan 2026Maysway, 8 Sands Close, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1LU
Received 27 Jan 2026Westwind, Lynx Hill, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AX
Received 27 Jan 2026144 Bushy Hill Drive, Guildford, GU1 2UQ
Received 28 Jan 2026Magnet, Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 1DP
Received 27 Jan 2026Heatherview, Farley Green, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DN
Received 27 Jan 202673 Dunmore, Guildford, GU2 8JX
Received 28 Jan 202684 Cline Road, Guildford, GU1 3NH
Received 28 Jan 2026Wickhams Farmhouse, West Heath, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JQ
Received 28 Jan 202623 Northcote Crescent, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6LX
Received 28 Jan 2026Warren Field, Beech Avenue, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5PJ
Received 28 Jan 202668 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3PB
Received 28 Jan 2026Guildford Lido, Lido Road, Guildford
Received 29 Jan 202612 Chinthurst Park, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JH
Received 29 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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