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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.
4,854 approved · 938 refused · 258 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Orchard, 12 Fowlers Croft, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EH
Received 6 Feb 2026The Seasons, 57 Pewley Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SW
Received 6 Feb 2026Little Poynetts, Blackheath, Guildford, GU4 8RD
Received 6 Feb 2026Woodlands, The Warren, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5RH
Received 6 Feb 2026Jordans, 7 Stanford Cottages, Aldershot Road, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0DQ
Received 4 Feb 202626 Cheselden Road, Guildford, GU1 3SB
Received 6 Feb 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 6 Feb 20266 Broadacres, Guildford, GU3 3AZ
Received 6 Feb 202632 Curling Vale, Guildford, GU2 7PH
Received 9 Feb 2026Land adjacent to Vale Croft, Lysons Avenue, Ash Vale, GU12 5QF
Received 9 Feb 20263 Castle Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SX
Received 9 Feb 20265 Huxley Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7RE
Received 9 Feb 202625 Horseshoe Lane West, Guildford, GU1 2SZ
Received 6 Feb 2026The Old Stables, 1A Warren Road, Guildford, GU1 3NS
Received 7 Feb 2026The Ridings, Lynx Hill, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AX
Received 9 Feb 2026Merrow Service Station, 213 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 2RB
Received 9 Feb 2026Land at Cothelstone and Field Fares, Clandon Road, Send, GU23 7LA
Received 9 Feb 2026Hollywell, Ferndown Close, Guildford, GU1 2DN
Received 10 Feb 2026Land at Cothelstone and Field Fares, Clandon Road, Send, GU23 7LA
Received 9 Feb 202634 Addison Road, Guildford, GU1 3QG
Received 10 Feb 2026The Old Coal Yard, Land to the Southeast of Felday Houses, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Guildford
Received 10 Feb 2026Brinkwells, Pincott Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JH
Received 10 Feb 2026New Manor Farm, Old Epsom Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RL
Received 3 Feb 2026Hillside, Botany Hill, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1LX
Received 10 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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