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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.
4,798 approved · 925 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land south of Thatchers Hotel, Guildford Road, East Horsley
Received 4 Nov 2025Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Guildford Road, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TB
Received 4 Nov 2025Westcot, Frimley Road, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5NZ
Received 5 Nov 2025Hillside, Botany Hill, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1LX
Received 5 Nov 2025Crown Cottage, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RD
Received 5 Nov 20256 Downs Drive, Guildford, GU1 2WH
Received 5 Nov 2025Ockham Cottage, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA
Received 5 Nov 2025Charbury, Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SN
Received 5 Nov 202519 Warwicks Bench, Guildford, GU1 3TF
Received 5 Nov 2025St Johns The Evangelist Church, Stoke Road, Guildford
Received 5 Nov 2025St Johns The Evangelist Church, Stoke Road, Guildford
Received 5 Nov 2025The Paddock, Guildford Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5QA
Received 5 Nov 20253 Chinthurst Park, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JH
Received 5 Nov 2025Aldro School, Lombard Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AS
Received 18 Oct 2025Hurst Farm, Clay Lane, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU4 7PF
Received 5 Nov 202589 Collingwood Crescent, Guildford, GU1 2NU
Received 5 Nov 2025Magnum House, Eashing Lane, Godalming, GU7 2QA
Received 6 Nov 202525 Bannisters Road, Guildford, GU2 7RA
Received 6 Nov 202510 Orchard Road, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HU
Received 6 Nov 2025Merrow Grange, Horseshoe Lane East, Guildford, GU1 2QW
Received 6 Nov 2025Tunmore Cottage, Ripley Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SE
Received 6 Nov 2025Shortlands Farm, Guildford Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6DF
Received 6 Nov 2025Land at Guildford Park Road Car Park, Guildford Park Road, Guildford, GU2 7NN
Received 6 Nov 2025108 Uplands Road, Guildford, GU1 2RN
Received 7 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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