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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.
4,881 approved · 946 refused · 259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Curling Vale, Guildford, GU2 7PH
Received 16 Mar 202634b Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UZ
Received 15 Mar 2026Surrey County Constabulary Police Headquarters Mount Browne, Sandy Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1HG
Received 16 Mar 2026Brae Lea, 41 Merrow Lane, Guildford, GU4 7LQ
Received 16 Mar 202657 Cypress Road, Guildford, GU1 1LZ
Received 16 Mar 2026Meadow Cottage, Brook Hill, Brook, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DJ
Received 16 Mar 2026Lloyds Guildford, 147 High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AG
Received 16 Mar 2026Coombe Willow, Farm Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AB
Received 16 Mar 2026Willow Point, Hitherbury Close, Guildford, GU2 4DS
Received 17 Mar 202689 Lime Grove, Guildford, GU1 1PQ
Received 17 Mar 2026Aela Cottage, Malthouse Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3PS
Received 17 Mar 2026Far Corner, 14 Roseacre Gardens, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RQ
Received 17 Mar 202648A High Street, Guildford, GU1 3ES
Received 17 Mar 2026Heathfold, Mackies Hill, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RH
Received 18 Mar 2026Woodhay, White Lane, Guildford, GU4 8PU
Received 12 Mar 2026Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Ash Road, Pirbright, Guildford, GU24 0NQ
Received 18 Mar 2026Wanborough Springs, Wanborough Hill, Wanborough, Guildford, GU3 2JR
Received 18 Mar 20267 The Coppins, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6FL
Received 18 Mar 2026Trinity Cottage, 12 Trinity Churchyard, Guildford, GU1 3RR
Received 18 Mar 2026Trinity Cottage, 12 Trinity Churchyard, Guildford, GU1 3RR
Received 18 Mar 20262 Park Chase, Guildford, GU1 1ES
Received 16 Mar 2026Oaktrees, Clandon Road, Send, GU23 7LA
Received 18 Mar 2026Red House Mews, Lutyens Close, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5AD
Received 18 Mar 2026Debenhams, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3UU
Received 18 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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