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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.
4,974 approved · 964 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Network 331 Industrial Park, Lysons Avenue, Ash Vale
Received 17 Jul 202672 Waltham Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9QE
Received 17 Jul 2026Whistlers Hill, Elstead Road, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AY
Received 17 Jul 202621 Orchard Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8ER
Received 17 Jul 202633 Manston Road, Guildford, GU4 7YE
Received 17 Jul 202618 Parkside Place, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BZ
Received 17 Jul 2026Land bounded by the Friary Centre Bus Station, North Street, Leapale Road, Guildford, GU1
Received 17 Jul 2026Tantivy, 82 The Mount, Guildford, GU2 4JB
Received 20 Jul 2026Unit 11, Midleton Enterprise Park, Midleton Industrial Estate Road, Guildford, GU2 8FT
Received 20 Jul 2026Riverdale, Ferry Lane, Guildford, GU2 4EE
Received 20 Jul 2026The University of Law Braboeuf Manor, Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU3 1HA
Received 20 Jul 2026Oakdale, Woodland Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AN
Received 20 Jul 2026Mallow, Chestnut Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HD
Received 20 Jul 202677 Applegarth Avenue, Guildford, GU2 8LX
Received 20 Jul 2026White Horse Yard, High Street, Ripley, GU23 6BB
Received 20 Jul 2026Layston, Edwin Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6LN
Received 21 Jul 202617 Queen Street, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LY
Received 21 Jul 2026Thorner Cottage, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JT
Received 21 Jul 2026Thorner Cottage, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JT
Received 21 Jul 2026Church Cottage, Church Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HQ
Received 21 Jul 20264 Guildford Business Park, Guildford Business Park Road, Guildford
Received 21 Jul 2026Rossend, Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4ET
Received 21 Jul 2026224 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3JD
Received 16 Jul 2026Surrey County Council Merrow Depot, Merrow Lane, Guildford, GU4 7BQ
Received 22 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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