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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.
4,892 approved · 951 refused · 260 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sheepleas House, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AL
Received 31 Mar 202653 Church Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AL
Received 31 Mar 2026Misty Hill, Catteshall Lane, Unsted, Godalming, GU7 1UP
Received 31 Mar 202644 Woodlands Park, Guildford, GU1 2TJ
Received 31 Mar 2026Carpenters Field, Highfield Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1BB
Received 31 Mar 20261 Furzehill Cottages, Grange Road, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0DL
Received 1 Apr 2026St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Received 1 Apr 202620 Grasmere Close, Guildford, GU1 2TG
Received 1 Apr 2026Land at Slyfield Industrial Estate, Moorfield Road, Guildford, GU1 1DQ
Received 1 Apr 2026Hertford Park, Burdenshott Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RN
Received 1 Apr 202677 Applegarth Avenue, Guildford, GU2 8LX
Received 1 Apr 2026Cedars, Lockhurst Hatch Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JN
Received 1 Apr 2026Downs Cottage, 4 Swaynes Lane, Guildford, GU1 2XX
Received 1 Apr 20265 Cabell Road, Guildford, GU2 8JE
Received 2 Apr 2026Warehouse, Ash Road, Pirbright, Guildford, GU24 0NQ
Received 2 Apr 202616 Norwood Close, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5NY
Received 2 Apr 202612 Blackwell Avenue, Guildford, GU2 8LU
Received 2 Apr 2026Cranmere, The Avenue, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RA
Received 2 Apr 20261 Elmhurst Court, Guildford, GU1 2DP
Received 2 Apr 2026Bluebell Cottage, 50 Ash Street, Ash, GU12 6LR
Received 2 Apr 202645 & 47 Woodbridge Hill, Guildford, GU2 9AD
Received 3 Apr 202622A Martyr Road, Guildford, GU1 4LE
Received 3 Apr 2026Grantley Lodge, Chinthurst Lane, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JS
Received 6 Apr 202637 Woodlands Park, Guildford, GU1 2TJ
Received 6 Apr 2026Records 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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