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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.
4,872 approved · 944 refused · 259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oxto Energy Limited, First Floor Rear, 173A High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AJ
Received 2 Mar 2026Unit 1, Lysons Avenue, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5QE
Received 2 Mar 2026Tanyard Hall Shere Community Centre, 30 Station Road, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LF
Received 2 Mar 2026Tanyard Hall Shere Community Centre, 30 Station Road, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LF
Received 2 Mar 202613 Pirbright Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AG
Received 3 Mar 2026Brooklands Cottage, The Street, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1ED
Received 2 Mar 202628 Pewley Way, Guildford, GU1 3PY
Received 2 Mar 2026Bell And Colvill (Horsley), Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AU
Received 2 Mar 2026Penn, Upper Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EZ
Received 2 Mar 2026Land to east of William IV, Little London, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DG
Received 3 Mar 20263 Castle Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SX
Received 4 Mar 20266 Tansy Close, Guildford, GU4 7XN
Received 3 Mar 2026Warren Lodge, Lombard Street, Shackleford, Godalming GU8 6BH
Received 2 Mar 2026Horsley and Send Cricket Club, Pavilion, Ripley Lane, West Horsley, KT24 6JS
Received 3 Mar 202622 Mansel Close, Guildford, GU2 9RF
Received 3 Mar 2026Charbury, Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SN
Received 3 Mar 2026Land at Vendure and Jayarr, Westwood Lane, Wanborough, Guildford, GU3 2JJ
Received 3 Mar 2026St Georges Farmhouse, High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AF
Received 3 Mar 2026The Cottage, The Street, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5LQ
Received 3 Mar 2026The Old Farmhouse, Suffield Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1BD
Received 3 Mar 2026Tor Cottage, Plaws Hill, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9SX
Received 4 Mar 2026Yardfield House, Church Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RU
Received 4 Mar 2026Sheepleas House, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AL
Received 4 Mar 202610 Markenfield Road, Guildford, GU1 4PB
Received 4 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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