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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4,892 approved · 951 refused · 260 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Artillery Road, Guildford, GU1 4NN
Received 7 Apr 202621 Amberley Close, Send, Woking, GU23 7BX
Received 7 Apr 202626 Harvey Road, Guildford, GU1 3SE
Received 7 Apr 2026The Duchies Cottage, Mill Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0BT
Received 7 Apr 2026The Duchies Cottage, Mill Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0BT
Received 7 Apr 2026Land at Garlicks Arch, Send Marsh/Burnt Common, Portsmouth Road, Send
Received 7 Apr 20261 Meadow Road, Guildford, GU4 7LW
Received 7 Apr 2026Old Court, 1 Woods End, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6DN
Received 7 Apr 202658 Farnham Road, Guildford, GU2 4PE
Received 7 Apr 2026Goal Farm, Gole Road, Woking, GU24 0PZ
Received 7 Apr 2026Land known as 39 Cabell Road, Park Barn, Guildford, GU2 8JG (HM Land Registry SY677024) and Land adjoining 39 Cabell Road, Park Barn, Guildford, GU2 8JG (HM Land Registry SY790265)
Received 1 Apr 20261 Tarrant Court, 146 Grange Road, Guildford, GU2 9QT
Received 8 Apr 2026The Old Vicarage, Shalford Road, Guildford, GU4 8BL
Received 8 Apr 202662 High View Road, Guildford, GU2 7RU
Received 8 Apr 2026Appletons, Greta Bank, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6HH
Received 8 Apr 2026The Kepler Building, 10 Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7YE
Received 8 Apr 2026Glass House, Mark Way, Godalming, GU7 2BW
Received 8 Apr 20264 Guildford Business Park, Guildford Business Park Road, Guildford, GU2 8SG
Received 8 Apr 202624 The Street, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AX
Received 8 Apr 202616 Wykeham Road, Guildford, GU1 2SE
Received 8 Apr 20264 Stoney Brook, Guildford, GU2 8LL
Received 9 Apr 202640 Hazel Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1NS
Received 9 Apr 2026Hertford Park, Burdenshott Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RN
Received 8 Apr 2026The Mill House, 63 The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BU
Received 9 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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