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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Guildford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,867 approved · 944 refused · 259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 13 Feb 2026Long Copse, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7ST
Received 27 Feb 2026Shuttles, The Spinning Walk, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HN
Received 27 Feb 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 27 Feb 2026Streamside, Harpers Road, Ash
Received 27 Feb 2026Old Manor Farm, Old Manor Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NE
Received 27 Feb 2026Grange Farm, Grange Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1DN
Received 27 Feb 2026Fox Amphoux, 5 Old Lane Gardens, Effingham Junction, East Horsley, Cobham, KT11 1NN
Received 27 Feb 2026Landthorne, Elstead Road, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1JA
Received 27 Feb 2026Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Ash Road, Pirbright, Guildford, GU24 0NQ
Received 27 Feb 2026Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Ash Road, Pirbright, Guildford, GU24 0NQ
Received 27 Feb 20262 Heath Drive, Send, Woking, GU23 7EP
Received 27 Feb 202612 Chestnut Way, East Horsley, KT24 6FR
Received 27 Feb 2026Wayside, Polesden Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6DX
Received 27 Feb 2026Maple Cottage, Beech Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2JH
Received 2 Mar 2026Flat 2, 8 York Road, Guildford, GU1 4DE
Received 2 Mar 20263 Castle Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SX
Received 18 Feb 20263 Castle Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SX
Received 2 Mar 2026Dundee Cottages, 1, 18 Scotland Farm Road, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5JB
Received 2 Mar 202610 Orchard Close, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5HU
Received 2 Mar 2026100 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HQ
Received 2 Mar 2026Green Tiles, High Park Avenue, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5DB
Received 2 Mar 202639 Bury Fields, Guildford, GU2 4AZ
Received 2 Mar 2026Second Floor, 173A High Street, Guildford
Received 2 Mar 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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