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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.
4,850 approved · 938 refused · 257 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Millstream, 64 Station Road, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9NR
Received 4 Feb 2026Howard Of Effingham School, Lower Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JR
Received 4 Feb 2026Land at Effingham Lodge Farm, Lower Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JP
Received 4 Feb 2026Normandy Community Shop, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, GU3 2DT
Received 4 Feb 2026Shere Church Of England Aided Infant School, Gomshall Lane, Shere
Received 4 Feb 2026Pemberton Villa, Dawney Hill, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JB
Received 4 Feb 2026Bowers Mill, Bowers Lane, Guildford, GU4 7ND
Received 5 Feb 202620 Nursery Gardens, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8PA
Received 5 Feb 2026Passworth, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA
Received 5 Feb 2026The New Cottage, Bailes Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AX
Received 5 Feb 2026Great Down, Hogs Back, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1HD
Received 5 Feb 2026Land between 57 and 59, Grange Road, Tongham, GU10 1DJ
Received 5 Feb 20262 Wix Cottages, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6EH
Received 5 Feb 202670 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HQ
Received 5 Feb 2026The Lodge, 11 Bradstone Brook, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HE
Received 5 Feb 2026The Lodge, 11 Bradstone Brook, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HE
Received 5 Feb 2026Pavement outside Ranger House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford
Received 5 Feb 2026Pavement outside Ranger House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford
Received 5 Feb 2026Sunnymead, 11 Newark Close, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6DW
Received 5 Feb 20261 Manor Farm Cottages, Elstead Road, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1HX
Received 5 Feb 20261 Manor Farm Cottages, Elstead Road, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1HX
Received 5 Feb 2026Lucerne Cottage, Old Epsom Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RN
Received 5 Feb 202647 Queenhythe Road, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU4 7NU
Received 6 Feb 2026Little Rowbarns, Green Dene, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5RQ
Received 6 Feb 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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