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Guildford Borough Council
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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.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
7,093Searchable applications
912Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,753 approved or refused records
930Refused applications

4,823 approved · 930 refused · 255 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas40 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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  1. Withdrawn25/P/01656

    Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use to establish whether the use of the annex as a self-contained unit ancillary to the main dwelling began more than 10 years before the date of this application.

    Mariners Cottage, Goose Rye Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RJ

    Received 5 Dec 2025
  2. Decided25/P/01657

    Installation of battery box at verge of Aldershot road, Fairlands.

    Grass verge near 45, St Michaels Avenue, Guildford, GU3 3LY

    Received 5 Dec 2025
  3. Decided25/P/01658

    Conversion of garage to family room with associated alterations to fenestration.

    Normanton, Queen Street, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LY

    Received 5 Dec 2025
  4. Decided25/N/00119

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 25/P/00157 approved 02/07/2025 to improve the design and function of Plot 26, including a pitched roof and a more concise first floor layout.

    White Horse Yard, High Street, Ripley, GU23 6BB

    Received 4 Dec 2025
  5. Decided25/N/00120

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 21/P/02559 approved 15/06/2023 for minor revisions to the wording of conditions 4, 6 and 7 to facilitate the implementation of the approved planning permission (description amended 27/01/2026).

    Builders Merchant, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4UB

    Received 4 Dec 2025
  6. Decided25/D/00186

    Part discharge of condition 2 (external materials) for Phase 3 NH1, sub phases 1.1 and 1.2, of Reserved Matters Approval ref. 25/P/00305, approved 18/09/25, pursuant to Outline Planning Permission ref. 22/P/01175, approved on 24/05/2024.

    Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU

    Received 5 Dec 2025
  7. Decided25/D/00029/3

    Discharge of condition 14 (water efficiency report) of planning permission 24/P/00493 approved 19/05/25.

    Pembroke House, 54 Potters Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7AL

    Received 5 Dec 2025
  8. Decided25/P/01659

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the erection of a single storey rear extension with alterations to fenestrations and addition of rooflights would be lawful.

    8 Bourne Close, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8BB

    Received 5 Dec 2025
  9. Decided25/P/01660

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether a ground floor side extension would be lawful.

    25 Charlock Way, Guildford, GU1 1YB

    Received 5 Dec 2025
  10. Decided25/W/00089

    Prior notification for a single storey 6 metre deep rear extension with 3 metre high eaves.

    25 Charlock Way, Guildford, GU1 1YB

    Received 5 Dec 2025
  11. Decided24/D/00114/70

    Part discharge of condition 76 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) for Phase 3 NH1, sub phase 1.2, of application 22/P/01175, approved at appeal on 24/05/2024.

    Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU

    Received 5 Dec 2025
  12. Decided24/D/00114/71

    Part Discharge of Condition 51 (Earthwork Strategy) for Phase 3: NH1 of Application 22/P/01175, approved at appeal on 24/05/2024.

    Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU

    Received 5 Dec 2025
  13. Decided25/W/00053/HR

    Approval under regulation 75 of the Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert the existing 2nd floor (part) and 4th floor (part) from Class E to 4 flats (2 x 1bedroom/2person and 2 x 2bedroom/3person).

    57 Ladymead, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1DB

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  14. Decided25/T/00298

    T1 Ash tree - Remove limb 1 limb, Remaining canopy to be reduced by 1 meter in height and on the sides. (Conservation Area)

    Drummond House, The Street, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9BF

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  15. Decided25/T/00299

    Lime Tree (T1) To be pollarded, removing approx 5M height. The tree has an extended limb overhanging the property and is causing excessive shading. Vigorous basal growth makes for difficult inspection and hosts potentially compromised unions.Sycamore tree (T2) to be felled to round level. Severe dieback around the crown with stems beginning to break and fall

    10 Stovell Place, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5DW

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  16. Decided25/T/00300

    T2 (Spruce): fell to ground level.

    Millennium Cottages, The Street, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AD

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  17. Decided25/T/00301

    Silver Birch (T1) - fell due to being in decline and suspected honey fungus (replant with one suitable replacement in a different location due to honey fungus) (Tree Preservation Order P1/201/009).

    16 Wentworth Crescent, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5LE

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  18. Decided25/W/00090

    Application to determine if prior approval is required under Schedule 2 Part 6 Class A (Agricultural and Forestry) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for a new agricultural building.

    Blakes Lane Farm, Blakes Lane, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RR

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  19. Awaiting decision25/P/01661

    Conversion of the existing building to provide 5 no. new residential flats above reconfigured ground floor commercial units, together with the formation of a new lightwell, installation of rooflights, replacement windows, creation of a new residential entrance, and associated works including provision of rooftop amenity space, refuse storage and cycle storage.

    67 - 71 North Street and 16 Market Street, Guildford, GU1 4LB

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  20. Decided25/S/00010

    Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion in relation to development at Grove Heath North (540 dwellings).

    Land at Grove Heath North, Portsmouth Road, Ripley, Guildford

    Received 9 Dec 2025
  21. Decided25/D/00187

    Discharge of condition 4 (Arboricultural Impact Assessment), 6 (water efficiency), 9 (cycle storage) and 10 (EV charging) of planning permission 23/P/01369 approved 24/11/23.

    Loquats, 20 Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EN

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  22. Decided25/N/00121

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 24/P/00674 approved 16/08/2024 for a reduction in the size of the proposed garage doors.

    Halfpenny House, Halfpenny Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8PZ

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  23. Decided25/N/00122

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 24/P/01247 approved 09/07/2025 for the relocation of the garage with secondary access and minor internal layout and fenestration changes.

    New Manor Farm, Old Epsom Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RL

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  24. Registered25/N/00123

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 23/P/00162 approved 10/03/2023 to change position of the door to the storeroom to place it on the front elevation between the two windows

    Highlands Farm, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TH

    Received 9 Dec 2025

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