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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.
4,858 approved · 941 refused · 258 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mount Alvernia Hospital, 46 Harvey Road, Guildford, GU1 3LX
Received 12 Feb 2026Foxbury Barn, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AR
Received 12 Feb 20269 Ferndale, Guildford, GU3 3AX
Received 13 Feb 2026171A High Street, Guildford
Received 13 Feb 2026Corner Cottage, High Park Avenue, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5DD
Received 13 Feb 2026Hays House, Millmead, Guildford, GU2 4HJ
Received 13 Feb 2026First Floor Front, 173A High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AJ
Received 13 Feb 2026Sutton Green Golf Club , New Lane, Sutton Green, Woking, Surrey, GU4 7QF
Received 11 Feb 20269 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4AF
Received 13 Feb 202676 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HE
Received 13 Feb 2026Beechwood House, 13 Grove Road, Guildford, GU1 2HR
Received 13 Feb 2026Ramlea, One Tree Hill Road, Guildford, GU4 8PL
Received 16 Feb 2026Oliver Hill, Seale Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AX
Received 13 Feb 2026Green Mead, Silkmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JQ
Received 16 Feb 2026The Coach House, Eashing Lane, Godalming, GU7 2QA
Received 16 Feb 2026The Coach House, Eashing Lane, Godalming, GU7 2QA
Received 16 Feb 2026Tyrellswood, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6ER
Received 16 Feb 202616 Hawthorn Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6LH
Received 16 Feb 2026243 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3BJ
Received 16 Feb 2026Shere Surgery And Dispensary, Gomshall Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HB
Received 16 Feb 2026The Orchard House, 3 Sydney Place, Guildford, GU1 3NN
Received 16 Feb 2026Woodlands Stables, Green Lane West, Ash, GU12 6DU
Received 16 Feb 202615 Fort Road, Guildford, GU1 3TD
Received 16 Feb 2026Drovers, White Lane, Guildford, GU4 8PS
Received 16 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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