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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.
4,902 approved · 954 refused · 260 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Mill House, Mill Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0BN
Received 20 Apr 2026The Mill House, Mill Lane, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0BN
Received 20 Apr 2026Land adjacent to Metchosin, Hurtmore Road, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2RA
Received 17 Apr 20267 Poyle Road, Guildford, GU1 3SL
Received 20 Apr 2026St Catherines Cottage, 44 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Received 20 Apr 202677 Ash Church Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6LU
Received 20 Apr 20264 Old Court Road, Guildford, GU2 7UF
Received 20 Apr 2026High Trees, Goose Rye Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RJ
Received 20 Apr 202660 Waterside Road, Guildford, GU1 1RF
Received 20 Apr 202616 Pathfields, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HP
Received 21 Apr 2026Pembroke House, 2 Navigation Way, Send, Woking, GU23 7DT
Received 21 Apr 2026Barley Hill, Franksfield, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9SR
Received 21 Apr 2026284 Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9XW
Received 21 Apr 202623 Ashenden Road, Guildford, GU2 7UU
Received 21 Apr 2026Woodside, The Avenue, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RA
Received 21 Apr 2026Ashley Park Nursing Home, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SU
Received 21 Apr 2026High Beeches, 47 Pewley Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SW
Received 21 Apr 2026Stoke Mill, Woking Road, Guildford, GU1 1QA
Received 21 Apr 2026Pirbright Tennis Association, Pavilion, School Lane, Pirbright
Received 21 Apr 2026Plot 45 Ada Gardens, 11 Chestnut Way, East Horsley, KT24 6PU
Received 21 Apr 20266 Stovell Place, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5DW
Received 22 Apr 202629 Pennings Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9SX
Received 22 Apr 202629 Pennings Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9SX
Received 22 Apr 2026Tollgate Farm, Guildford Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5QL
Received 20 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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