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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.
4,879 approved · 944 refused · 259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Rapleys Field, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0LT
Received 6 Mar 2026Land adjacent to 9 and 13 Woodger Close, Guildford, GU4 7XR
Received 6 Mar 20261 George Myers Close, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6FW
Received 6 Mar 202623 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4TA
Received 9 Mar 202623 North Street, Guildford, GU1 4TA
Received 9 Mar 2026The Chalet, Walking Bottom, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RR
Received 9 Mar 2026Mousehole, Brackendene, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6BN
Received 9 Mar 202637 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HH
Received 9 Mar 2026Ellentrees, 9 Flower Walk, Guildford, GU2 4EP
Received 9 Mar 20264 Kings Avenue, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1AU
Received 9 Mar 2026Keogh Barracks, Keogh Barracks Access, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5RQ
Received 9 Mar 2026Tetherdown, 2 Abbots Close, Guildford, GU2 7RW
Received 9 Mar 2026Ockham Mill, Mill Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6QT
Received 9 Mar 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 30 Jan 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 3 Feb 2026Tollgate Farm, Guildford Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5QL
Received 9 Mar 2026Land at Hurst Farm, Chapel Lane, Milford, GU8 5HU
Received 9 Mar 2026Highlands Farm, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TH
Received 9 Mar 202612 Vernon Way, Guildford, GU2 8DD
Received 10 Mar 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 3 Feb 2026Spindleberry, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6TH
Received 10 Mar 202632 Cline Road, Guildford, GU1 3NB
Received 10 Mar 202646 London Road, Guildford, GU1 2AL
Received 10 Mar 20266 Pewley Way, Guildford, GU1 3PY
Received 10 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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