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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.
4,879 approved · 944 refused · 259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Church Farm, Offices Wisley Golf Club Maintenance, Wisley Lane, Wisley, GU23 6QL
Received 10 Mar 2026Little Elm, Sandy Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7AP
Received 10 Mar 20269 Atherton Close, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HZ
Received 10 Mar 2026Land at the former Highlands Nurseries, Portsmouth Road, Ripley, GU23 6EY
Received 10 Mar 2026St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Received 10 Mar 202610 Stovell Place, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5DW
Received 10 Mar 2026Hilltop, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6EJ
Received 11 Mar 20269 Thompsons Close, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JG
Received 11 Mar 2026Rivendell, 73 The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AT
Received 11 Mar 2026Bignonia Barn, 68A The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AU
Received 11 Mar 2026Lot W1 lying on the North side of, Hogs Back, Puttenham, Guildford
Received 11 Mar 2026Summer Place, Pirbright Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2AQ
Received 11 Mar 202697 Christmas Pie Avenue, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2EW
Received 11 Mar 2026Church Farm, Offices Wisley Golf Club Maintenance, Wisley Lane, Wisley, GU23 6QL
Received 11 Mar 2026Little Thatch, Woodhouse Lane, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NN
Received 10 Mar 2026Stoke Mill, Woking Road, Guildford, GU1 1QA
Received 11 Mar 2026Hedges, Crest Hill, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9PE
Received 12 Mar 20261 Glencoe Villas, Ash Green Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6JG
Received 12 Mar 2026Moon Hills, 21 Guildown Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HA
Received 12 Mar 2026Woodhay, White Lane, Guildford, GU4 8PU
Received 12 Mar 202624 Parkside Place, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BZ
Received 12 Mar 2026Castleton, 2 Warwicks Bench Road, Guildford, GU1 3TL
Received 12 Mar 202612 Clandon Road, Guildford, GU1 2DR
Received 12 Mar 2026Former Westway Car Park, Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8YH
Received 27 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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