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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.
England · Local authority
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4,798 approved · 925 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Stables, Monkshatch, Hogs Back, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1DL
Received 7 Nov 20255 Wey Court, Mary Road, Guildford, GU1 4QU
Received 7 Nov 2025Animal and Plant Health Agency, Rectory Farm, Ockham, GU23 6NJ
Received 7 Nov 20259 Cherry Tree Avenue, Guildford, GU2 7XB
Received 10 Nov 20257 The Quadrangle, Guildford, GU2 7TT
Received 10 Nov 2025Colekitchen Farm, Colekitchen Lane, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9QB
Received 7 Nov 2025Flats at Barton Place, London Road, Guildford GU4 7JT
Received 10 Nov 2025Hopedene Farm, Holmbury Lane, Abinger RH5 6ND
Received 7 Nov 2025Winterfold Cottage, Winterfold Heath Road, Albury, Guildford GU5 9EL
Received 10 Nov 2025Highfields Heights Farm, Guildford Road, Runfold, Farnham, Surrey GU10 1PN
Received 11 Nov 2025Land to the rear of Kirkwood, The Jays and Bramfield, Ockham Road North, East Horsley, KT24 6NU
Received 7 Nov 20253 Rupert Road, Guildford, GU2 7NE
Received 7 Nov 2025The Chestnuts, Gomshall Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HE
Received 10 Nov 2025Land adj to, 17 Little Platt, Guildford, GU2 8JU
Received 10 Nov 2025Electricity Sub Station, next to Foxgloves, Ockham Road North, Ockham GU23 6NW
Received 10 Nov 202526 Northcote Crescent, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6LY
Received 10 Nov 2025Maymond, Clandon Road, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TL
Received 10 Nov 202547 The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BU
Received 10 Nov 2025Budgens Convenience Store, 36 Station Road, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LA
Received 10 Nov 2025Woodbridge Hill Filling Station, Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8AG
Received 10 Nov 20251, Macdonald Stewart Canadian Pavilion, Queen Victoria Way, Bisley Camp, Brookwood, Woking, GU24 0NY
Received 10 Nov 20251, Macdonald Stewart Canadian Pavilion, Queen Victoria Way, Bisley Camp, Brookwood, Woking, GU24 0NY
Received 10 Nov 2025St Johns The Evangelist Church, Stoke Road, Guildford
Received 10 Nov 2025Hillside, Crocknorth Road, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5TF
Received 11 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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