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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.
4,912 approved · 957 refused · 261 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Holmwood Close, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6SS
Received 27 Apr 2026Southend Cottage, Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PF
Received 27 Apr 20269 Baldwin Crescent, Guildford, GU4 7XW
Received 28 Apr 202648 Kingston Avenue, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6QT
Received 28 Apr 202643 Foreman Park, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6JN
Received 28 Apr 2026Aldersey Place, 48 London Road, Guildford, GU1 2AL
Received 28 Apr 20266 The Oaks, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6FF
Received 28 Apr 2026Woodside, New Road, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DB
Received 28 Apr 2026Lockner Farm, Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RH
Received 28 Apr 2026Ridingswood, Woodland Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AN
Received 28 Apr 2026Metchosin, Hurtmore Road, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2RA
Received 28 Apr 2026Land on the East side of Goal Farm, Gole Road, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0PZ (HM Land Registry Title SY711583)
Received 28 Apr 202611 Stoke Grove, Guildford, GU1 4LU
Received 28 Apr 2026Hazelhurst Farm, Tithebarns Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7LE
Received 28 Apr 2026Flat 1, Vernon House, 25 York Road, Guildford, GU1 4DN
Received 28 Apr 2026Land on the east side of, Alms Heath, Ockham, Woking, GU23
Received 28 Apr 2026Land bounded by the Friary Centre Bus Station, North Street, Leapale Road, Guildford, GU1
Received 28 Apr 2026Ringwood Cottage, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NP
Received 28 Apr 2026St Josephs Church, Denmark Road, Guildford, GU1 4DA
Received 28 Apr 2026Land Adjacent to 51, Clover Road, Guildford, GU2 8EY
Received 28 Apr 202641 Wood Street Green, Wood Street Village, Guildford, GU3 3DU
Received 29 Apr 202611 Albury Road, Guildford, GU1 2BZ
Received 29 Apr 2026Plot 46 Ada Gardens, 10 Chestnut Way, East Horsley, KT24 6PU
Received 29 Apr 2026Plot 47 Ada Gardens, 9 Chestnut Way, East Horsley, KT24 6PU
Received 29 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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