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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.
4,797 approved · 925 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brae Lea, 3 Austen Road, Guildford, GU1 3NW
Received 3 Nov 202526 Waterden Road, Guildford, GU1 2AY
Received 3 Nov 2025Mill Reach, Mill Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU5 9BA
Received 3 Nov 2025Land to the North Side of Botany Hill, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1LZ
Received 3 Nov 2025Oakhill Cottage, Pitland Street, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6PD
Received 3 Nov 202519 Orchard Road, Burpham, Guildford, GU4 7JH
Received 3 Nov 2025Hill Place Farm, 132 Oak Hill, Wood Street Village, Guildford, GU3 3ET
Received 3 Nov 2025Hill Place Farm, 132 Oak Hill, Wood Street Village, Guildford, GU3 3ET
Received 3 Nov 2025Effingham Lodge Farm, Lower Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JP
Received 31 Oct 2025Cothelstone, Clandon Road, Send, GU23 7LA
Received 31 Oct 2025Barnsford, 25 Send Barns Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7BS
Received 3 Nov 2025Cherry Trees, School Lane, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RS
Received 3 Nov 2025Hertford Park, Burdenshott Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RN
Received 3 Nov 2025Bramley Oak Academy, Horsham Road, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey GU5 0BJ
Received 30 Oct 2025Bowden Cottage, 30 London Road, Guildford, GU1 2AF
Received 4 Nov 2025St Peters Anglican Free Church, Hazel Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1NP
Received 4 Nov 2025Spindlewood, 59 Pewley Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SW
Received 3 Nov 2025Bowers Mill, Bowers Lane, Guildford, GU4 7ND
Received 3 Nov 2025Beggars Lane Nurseries, Beggars Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, RH5 6SD
Received 4 Nov 2025Beggars Lane Nurseries, Beggars Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, RH5 6SD
Received 4 Nov 20255 Station Parade, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6QN
Received 4 Nov 20251 Vine Cottage, Gomshall Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HE
Received 4 Nov 20251 Vine Cottage, Gomshall Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HE
Received 4 Nov 2025Pine Cottage, Felday Glade, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6PF
Received 4 Nov 2025Records 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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