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Guildford Borough Council
Planning applications.
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 dates7,201Searchable applications
912Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,856 approved or refused records
954Refused applications
4,902 approved · 954 refused · 260 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Comment on a planning applicationLocal plan Guildford Local PlanConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Find out if an article 4 direction applies to your property
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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More application records
- Decided26/P/00499
Erection of single storey side extension following demolition of existing garage.
Long Copse, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7ST
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00500
Installation of a 86" TV supported on metal frame legs, securely fixed to ground
The Stoke, 103 Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 4JN
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00501
Listed Building Consent for the installation of a 86" TV supported on metal frame legs, securely fixed to ground
The Stoke, 103 Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 4JN
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00502
Installation of security cameras to the external and internal building fabrics
The Cathedral Church Of The Holy Spirit, Stag Hill, The Chase, Guildford, GU2 7UP
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00503
Conversion of loft space to habitable accommodation, including the insertion of three rooflight windows to the rear elevation and two rooflight windows to the side elevation.
13A Pewley Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SN
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00504
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the proposed rear extension with roof lights, side extension, a new porch with roof light, paved driveway and two 600 mm brick boundary walls would be lawful.(Amended on 16/06/2026)
54 Great Goodwin Drive, Guildford, GU1 2TY
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/T/00097
Tree 840073028 - Goat Willow, Bacterial canker and propensity to fail and poor-reasonable structure - Fell to ground level. Tree 840040523 - Ash, ash dieback disease and likely to die within 2yr inspection period- Fell to ground level Tree 840041239 - Beech- confirmed honey fungus (armillaria bootlaces) at base and hence structural integrity a concern at base and lower buttress. Fell to ground level Tree 840054392 - Beech- confirmed K. deusta and honey fungus (armillaria bootlaces) and significant basal wounding- likelihood of failure into neighbouring property or highway. Recommend fell to ground level (TPO P1/201/150)
Electricity Sub Station, Beech Avenue, Effingham, KT24
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided23/D/00059/1
Discharge of Condition 3 (external materials) of planning permission 23/P/01539 approved 30/11/2023
Fox Lodge, Guildford Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6DX
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided25/D/00107/2
Discharge of Conditions 5 (Road Safety), 10 (Drainage Verification Report) and 18 (Secured by Design) of planning permission 23/P/01597 approved 06/12/2023
Land south of, Beech Lane, Normandy, GU3 2JH
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00506
Conversion of loft to habitable accommodation, including rear dormer, skylights following removal of side chimney. Increase height of side extension roof. New two storey side extension together with the conversion of rear first floor window to door.
25 Poltimore Road, Guildford, GU2 7PT
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00507
Single storey rear and side extension
5 Kerrsland Cottages, Hurtmore Road, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2RN
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00508
Erection of part single, part two storey side/rear 'wrap around' extension following demolition of existing ground floor extension and garage.
10 Rydes Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9SR
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/D/00061
Discharge of Conditions 4 (Internal and External Joinery Details) and 5 (External Facing and Roof Materials) of planning permission 25/P/00483 approved 16/10/2025
Green Gates, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JT
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/W/00019
Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert into one dewllinghouse.
Phoenix House, Ash Street, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6LA
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00509
Erection of garden room.
Orchard Pines, Hurtmore Road, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2RA
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00510
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether a change to fenestration by installing a french door in place of existing window would be lawful
7 Winds Ridge, Send, Woking, GU23 7HU
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/T/00098
Holly: Carefully dismantle to as close to ground level as possible, Cypress: Remove the low fractured branch and the end weighted dog legged branch above and reduce the height by up to 3 metres 20x8m down to 19x8m works to alleviate stress on union at approximately 7m
26 Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4ET
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00511
Single storey side and rear extension with changes to fenestration.
2 Orchard Cottages, Sample Oak Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8QW
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00512
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of timber framed two storey barn with roof windows would be lawful
Lake House, Mill Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RP
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00513
Proposed single storey rear extension with addition of 2 lantern rooflights.
Lantern Cottage, Tintells Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JD
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00514
Single storey rear extension following the removal of existing extension together with a rear dormer enlargement.
58 Waverley Drive, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5JW
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/P/00515
Change of use of outbuilding to form a single dwellinghouse, with associated elevation, garage, landscape works and parking.
Cross Farm, The Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AH
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Appeal Received26/P/00516
Erection of a single-storey rear extension (amended plans received 13.05.26).
17 Queen Street, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LY
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/W/00020
Prior notification for a single storey 6.00 metre rear extension, 3.34 metres in height with an eaves height of 2.61 metres.
51 The Chase, Guildford, GU2 7UB
Received 20 Apr 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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