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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.
4,886 approved · 947 refused · 259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clive Lodge, Church Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AQ
Received 23 Mar 2026Clive Lodge, Church Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AQ
Received 23 Mar 202613 Leycroftes Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6TT
Received 23 Mar 20269 Baldwin Crescent, Guildford, GU4 7XW
Received 23 Mar 202618 Fir Tree Road, Guildford, GU1 1JJ
Received 23 Mar 2026Honeysuckle Cottage, Honeysuckle Bottom, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5TD
Received 23 Mar 2026Wittsend, 25 Brocks Drive, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3ND
Received 24 Mar 202610 Springhaven Close, Guildford, GU1 2JP
Received 24 Mar 2026Land at Hurst Farm, Chapel Lane, Milford, Godalming, GU8 5HU
Received 23 Mar 2026Cliffe End, 9 Ridgemount, Guildford, GU2 7TH
Received 24 Mar 2026The Kepler Building, 10 Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7YE
Received 24 Mar 2026Greywings, Blighton Lane, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1PU
Received 24 Mar 202620 Envis Way, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3NH
Received 24 Mar 202613 The Crossroads, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5PD
Received 25 Mar 2026Woodlands, 14 Great Quarry, Guildford, GU1 3XN
Received 25 Mar 2026Winslow, 1 Mill Lane, Peasmarsh, Guildford, GU3 1NB
Received 25 Mar 2026St Lukes Cancer Centre, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX
Received 25 Mar 202662 Send Barns Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7BS
Received 25 Mar 2026Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX
Received 25 Mar 2026Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX
Received 25 Mar 2026Cross Farm, The Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AH
Received 25 Mar 20261 Hops End, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AE
Received 25 Mar 20261 Home Villas, Farley Heath, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9ER
Received 25 Mar 20261 The Valley, Guildford, GU2 4ED
Received 25 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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