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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.
4,823 approved · 930 refused · 255 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Mariners Cottage, Goose Rye Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RJ
Received 5 Dec 2025Grass verge near 45, St Michaels Avenue, Guildford, GU3 3LY
Received 5 Dec 2025Normanton, Queen Street, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LY
Received 5 Dec 2025White Horse Yard, High Street, Ripley, GU23 6BB
Received 4 Dec 2025Builders Merchant, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4UB
Received 4 Dec 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 5 Dec 2025Pembroke House, 54 Potters Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7AL
Received 5 Dec 20258 Bourne Close, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8BB
Received 5 Dec 202525 Charlock Way, Guildford, GU1 1YB
Received 5 Dec 202525 Charlock Way, Guildford, GU1 1YB
Received 5 Dec 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 5 Dec 2025Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 5 Dec 202557 Ladymead, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1DB
Received 8 Dec 2025Drummond House, The Street, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9BF
Received 8 Dec 202510 Stovell Place, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5DW
Received 8 Dec 2025Millennium Cottages, The Street, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AD
Received 8 Dec 202516 Wentworth Crescent, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5LE
Received 8 Dec 2025Blakes Lane Farm, Blakes Lane, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RR
Received 8 Dec 202567 - 71 North Street and 16 Market Street, Guildford, GU1 4LB
Received 8 Dec 2025Land at Grove Heath North, Portsmouth Road, Ripley, Guildford
Received 9 Dec 2025Loquats, 20 Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EN
Received 8 Dec 2025Halfpenny House, Halfpenny Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8PZ
Received 8 Dec 2025New Manor Farm, Old Epsom Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RL
Received 8 Dec 2025Highlands Farm, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TH
Received 9 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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