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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.
4,974 approved · 964 refused · 263 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 2023 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Vaglefield Farm, 89 Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2DF
Received 14 Jul 2026Post Cottage, Lower Eashing, Godalming, GU7 2QG
Received 14 Jul 202616 Stoney Brook, Guildford, GU2 8LL
Received 15 Jul 2026Kingshott Cottage, Lombard Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6BH
Received 15 Jul 202627 Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UY
Received 15 Jul 2026Weyside Urban Village (Slyfield regeneration Programme), Slyfield Green, Guildford, GU1
Received 15 Jul 202674 The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AU
Received 15 Jul 2026312 London Road, Guildford, GU4 7LB
Received 15 Jul 202640 Hazel Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1NS
Received 15 Jul 202625 Longfield Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6NA
Received 15 Jul 2026132-134 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HJ
Received 15 Jul 202653 Chantry View Road, Guildford, GU1 3XT
Received 15 Jul 202624 Alexandra Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6PJ
Received 16 Jul 2026Pentire, The Avenue, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RA
Received 16 Jul 2026Tennings Wood Cottage, Sutton Place, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, RH5 6RP
Received 16 Jul 2026224 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3JD
Received 16 Jul 2026St Johns The Evangelist Church, Stoke Road, Guildford
Received 16 Jul 2026139 Woking Road, Guildford, GU1 1QX
Received 16 Jul 2026Heathfold, Mackies Hill, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RH
Received 16 Jul 2026Albion Cottage East, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NP
Received 16 Jul 2026Land to the east of The Willows, Gole Road, Woking, GU24 0QF
Received 16 Jul 2026Archery field to rear of Deers Farm Close, Wisley
Received 16 Jul 2026Sturminster, Effingham Common Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JH
Received 16 Jul 2026New Manor Farm, Old Epsom Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RL
Received 16 Jul 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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