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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.
4,859 approved · 942 refused · 258 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Flexford Cottage, Flexford Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2EE
Received 16 Feb 20261 Lower Trunley Heath Farm Cottages, Trunley Heath Road, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0BW
Received 16 Feb 2026Whitegate Copse, lying to the north of, Ash Green Lane East, Ash Green, GU12 6JA
Received 16 Feb 2026Capel Cottage, Pirbright Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2HU
Received 17 Feb 2026The Orchard, Adjacent to 10 Old St Mary's, Ripley Lane, Ripley, KT24 6JG
Received 17 Feb 2026Place Cottage, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RD
Received 17 Feb 2026198 Bushy Hill Drive, Guildford, GU1 2UX
Received 17 Feb 2026St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Received 17 Feb 2026312 London Road, Guildford, GU4 7LB
Received 17 Feb 2026Builders Merchant, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4UB
Received 17 Feb 2026Hunts Hill, Hunts Hill Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AH
Received 18 Feb 2026Hunts Hill, Hunts Hill Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AH
Received 18 Feb 2026Weir House, Millmead, Guildford, GU2 4BD
Received 18 Feb 2026Windlake, Cobham Way, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BH
Received 18 Feb 2026Unilife Riverside House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4TX
Received 19 Feb 202612 Woodcote, Guildford, GU2 4HQ
Received 18 Feb 2026New Barn Nurseries, London Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7JX
Received 19 Feb 2026New Barn Nurseries, London Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7JX
Received 19 Feb 2026Westwood, Burrows Lane, Gomshall, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QE
Received 19 Feb 2026178A London Road, Guildford, GU1 1XR
Received 19 Feb 202620 Bryanstone Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9UN
Received 19 Feb 2026Royal Grammar School, High Street, Guildford, GU1 3BB
Received 19 Feb 2026North Wyke Farm, Guildford Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AN
Received 19 Feb 202675 Collingwood Crescent, Guildford, GU1 2NU
Received 19 Feb 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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