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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.
4,810 approved · 928 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hartland Farm, Hook Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AN
Received 19 Nov 202584 Cline Road, Guildford, GU1 3NH
Received 20 Nov 2025Lockner Farm, Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RH
Received 20 Nov 2025Whitebeams, Beech Avenue, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5PJ
Received 20 Nov 20252 Barns Orchard, Send, Woking, GU23 7BJ
Received 20 Nov 2025The Close, Hatchlands, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RT
Received 20 Nov 202525 Hornbeam Road, Guildford, GU1 1LR
Received 19 Nov 2025Ngala and Homewoods, Forest Road, East Horsley, KT24 5DT
Received 18 Nov 2025Land to the rear of 1 and 3, Blackwell Avenue, Guildford, GU2 8LU.
Received 18 Nov 2025Wrens Cottage, Silkmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JQ
Received 19 Nov 2025Land to the rear of, 46 Madrid Road, Guildford, GU2 7NU
Received 19 Nov 2025Hurtmore Fields, Lower Eashing, Godalming, GU7
Received 19 Nov 2025The Friary, North Street, Guildford, GU1 4YT
Received 20 Nov 2025Nichols Nymet, Woodhouse Lane, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NN
Received 20 Nov 2025Land on the east side of, Alms Heath, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NZ registered at HM Land Registry under title number SY644694, SY90766, SY907369 and SY877292
Received 19 Nov 20255 Mundays Boro Road, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AZ
Received 20 Nov 202547 Angelica Road, Guildford, GU2 9GY
Received 21 Nov 2025Sequoia Lodge, 9 Princess Mary Close, Guildford, GU2 9UZ
Received 21 Nov 202514 Blackwell Avenue, Guildford, GU2 8LU
Received 24 Nov 2025Beech Cottage, The Street, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EG
Received 21 Nov 2025Ash Ranges, Heathvale Bridge Road, Ash Vale
Received 18 Nov 2025The Tudors, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RE
Received 21 Nov 202536 Shepherds Lane, Guildford, GU2 9SL
Received 21 Nov 2025Meadow Cottage Westfield, Hoe Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, RH5 6RS
Received 21 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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