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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.
4,810 approved · 928 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
124 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HQ
Received 21 Nov 202528 Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9RS
Received 24 Nov 2025219 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3JD
Received 24 Nov 20252 Hazel Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1NR
Received 24 Nov 202542 Ganghill, Guildford, GU1 1XF
Received 24 Nov 2025117 South Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6NL
Received 24 Nov 202522 Waltham Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9QF
Received 24 Nov 202546 Carfax Avenue, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1BB
Received 25 Nov 2025Farnborough Airport, Farnborough Road, Hampshire GU14 6XA
Received 25 Nov 20255 Hammersley Drive, Ash, Guildford GU12 6FP
Received 25 Nov 2025The Old House, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JE
Received 25 Nov 202540 Hazel Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1NS
Received 25 Nov 202540 Hazel Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1NS
Received 25 Nov 202519 Cunningham Avenue, Guildford, GU1 2PE
Received 25 Nov 2025Tangley Place Farm, Tangley Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3JZ
Received 25 Nov 2025Pembroke House, 54 Potters Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7AL
Received 21 Nov 2025Land at Manor Farm, Tongham, Farnham
Received 26 Nov 2025Oak End, Oak Tree Close, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU4 7PU
Received 26 Nov 2025The Ridings, Lynx Hill, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AX
Received 26 Nov 202539 And A Half, Castle Street, Guildford, GU1 3UQ
Received 26 Nov 20251 Vine Cottage, Gomshall Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HE
Received 26 Nov 202573 East Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6LR
Received 26 Nov 2025Robins Rough, Plaws Hill, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9SX
Received 26 Nov 2025Beevers Farm, Chinthurst Lane, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0DR
Received 26 Nov 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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