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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.
4,801 approved · 925 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Gatley Drive, Guildford, GU4 7JJ
Received 13 Nov 2025Allium Park, Burntcommon Lane, Ripley, Guildford, GU23 6HD
Received 13 Nov 20253 High Hoe Cottages, Hoe Lane, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9SP
Received 14 Nov 2025Cloud House, 12A Poyle Road, Guildford
Received 3 Nov 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 12 Nov 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 12 Nov 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 12 Nov 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 12 Nov 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 12 Nov 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 12 Nov 2025Club House, Drift Golf And Country Club, The Drift, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5HD
Received 13 Nov 2025Fuel Station, Blackwater Valley Road, Tongham, Guildford, GU10 1FP
Received 13 Nov 2025Cothelstone, Clandon Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LA
Received 13 Nov 2025Land at Cothelstone and Field Fares, Clandon Road, Send, GU23 7LA
Received 13 Nov 2025Session Music, Guildford Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2DA
Received 13 Nov 2025Effingham Lodge Farm, Lower Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JP
Received 14 Nov 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 14 Nov 2025Hunters Hill, Shophouse Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9EQ
Received 14 Nov 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 14 Nov 202511A Worcester Road, Guildford, GU2 9SZ
Received 14 Nov 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 14 Nov 2025Highlands Farm, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TH
Received 14 Nov 202528-30 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3EL
Received 14 Nov 202519 Wellington Place, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5AL
Received 14 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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