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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.
4,813 approved · 929 refused · 255 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Harvey Road, Guildford, GU1 3SG
Received 28 Nov 2025Chilworth Manor, Halfpenny Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NN
Received 1 Dec 202551 The Chase, Guildford, GU2 7UB
Received 1 Dec 202526 Orchard Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8ER
Received 1 Dec 20251 Postford Mill Cottages, Mill Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RP
Received 1 Dec 202513 Harvey Road, Guildford, GU1 3SG
Received 1 Dec 2025Rose Cottage, Polesden Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6DX
Received 1 Dec 2025Brookside and Brookhatch, Lombard Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6BH
Received 1 Dec 2025Ennismore House, 26 Ennismore Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1SR
Received 1 Dec 202510 Kiln Meadows, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3JN
Received 1 Dec 2025Sandalwood, Long Hill, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1NG
Received 1 Dec 2025Highpoint, 2A Nightingale Road, Guildford, GU1 1ER
Received 1 Dec 2025Flat 2 Ground Floor, 71 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3LD
Received 2 Dec 2025174 Stoughton Road, Guildford, GU2 9PQ
Received 2 Dec 2025Spar Cottage, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JE
Received 2 Dec 20256 Fir Tree Road, Guildford, GU1 1JJ
Received 2 Dec 2025Oaktrees, Clandon Road, Send, GU23 7LA
Received 1 Dec 2025Land to the north of Sutton Place, Abinger Hammer, RH5 6RP
Received 2 Dec 2025Burrows Croft, Birches Lane, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9QR
Received 2 Dec 2025Rydes Hill Preparatory, Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8BP
Received 2 Dec 2025Pilgrim House, Quarry Street, Guildford, GU1 3XY
Received 2 Dec 202520 Pond Meadow, Guildford, GU2 8LF
Received 1 Dec 2025Victoria Cottage, Ripley Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SE
Received 2 Dec 2025Halladale, Silkmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JQ
Received 2 Dec 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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