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Guildford Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Guildford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates7,291Searchable applications
915Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 5,938 approved or refused records
964Refused applications
4,974 approved · 964 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Comment on a planning applicationLocal plan Guildford Local PlanConservation areas Conservation areasArticle 4 directions Find out if an article 4 direction applies to your property
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas40 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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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More application records
- Registered26/P/01010
Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing development to establish whether the construction of a small entrance porch to the front elevation of the existing dwelling is lawful
28 Grange Farm Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6SJ
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decided24/D/00143/1
Discharge of Condition 5 (materials) of planning permission 24/P/00479 approved 17/07/2024
Deer View House, 109A Poyle Road, Tongham, FARNHAM, GU10 1DY
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/01011
Erection of a two storey side extension to provide a new double-height studio space with a mezzanine-level bedroom, finished in vertical timber cladding and linked to the existing dwelling by a covered, enclosed connecting passage providing direct internal access to the main house, following the demolition of the existing garage.
Barton Ridge, Burrows Lane, Gomshall, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QE
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decided26/T/00191
H1 (mixed hedge of yew and holly): Remove hedge (Holmbury St. Mary Cons)
Old Glade Cottage, Felday Glade, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6PG
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decided26/N/00061
Non-material amendment to planning permission 26/P/00096 approved 21/05/2026 for amendments to proposed materials of stables
Land South of, Gole Road, Woking, GU24 0QF
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/01012
Erection of a detached garden building.
Glebe House, Church Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RU
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/01013
Advertisement consent for the erection of x1 fascia sign, x1 projecting sign and block letter door sign.
84-86 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HE
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decided26/T/00192
Row of Lime trees - prune back to allow sight line clearance of CCTV mast for health and safety purposes, and to facilitate the lowering of CCTV mast for maintenance (Shalford Conservation Area)..
Shalford Water Treatment Works, Church Close, Shalford, GU4 8BW
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/01014
Outline application for the construction of a care home (Use Class C2) with associated access, parking, landscaping, plant and site infrastructure.
Land East of Effingham Common Road, KT24 5JH
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decided26/N/00062
Non-material amendment to planning permission 25/P/00558 approved 21/11/2025 to change external wall cladding colour from 'Golden Oak' to 'Coppered Oak' including variation to associated conditions.
Land adjacent to, Court Mead, 6 Guildown Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HB
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/01015
Erection of a single storey side extension along with changes to fenestration.
1 Ashurst Road, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5AF
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/W/00049
Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert the existing building into 20no. residential units
Connaught House, Portsmouth Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7JY
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/01016
Erection of a single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
37 Glendale Drive, Guildford, GU4 7HZ
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/01017
Proposed Single Storey Side Extension, Front Porch and Boundary Wall
1 Somertons Close, Guildford, GU2 9YB
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/01018
Erection of a front porch and rear two storey extension following the removal of existing rear extension.
33 Canterbury Road, Guildford, GU2 9TB
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/01019
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use to establish whether the use of an outbuilding occurred more than 4 years before the date of this application.
Oakwood, Binton Lane, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1LG
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/T/00193
T1 (Yew), T2 (Horse Chestnut) and T4 (Crab Apple) - Fell. T3 (Magnolia) - dig up and move. (Shalford Conservation Area)
The Old Vicarage, Shalford Road, Guildford, GU4 8BL
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/W/00050
Application for prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 1 Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 to add an additional storey to a maximum height of 7.81m.
Lundy, 10 Newark Close, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6DW
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/01020
Proposed single storey rear extension together with internal alterations.
13 Worcester Road, Guildford, GU2 9SZ
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/01021
Advertisement consent for one non-illuminated, hand-painted fascia sign
224 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3JD
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/01022
Change of use of the land from agricultural to mixed agricultural and equestrian use, together with the erection of a covered arena with solar panels, an open (non-covered) arena, stables, and walking and lunge pens, following the removal of 6 existing buildings, with associated landscaping and arboricultural planting.
Hockley Lands, Burdenshott Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RN
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/01023
Erection of a 5-bedroom dwelling, including a new swimming pool, ASHPs, PV panels, new garden room, other associated works (including landscaping works) and a new dropped kerb, following demolition of existing dwelling, garage, store and greenhouse.
Woodlands, Park Corner Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6SF
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/01024
Demolition and rebuilding of existing barn and adjacent store to create a single two storey dwelling and adjacent equestrian store.
Chinthurst Hill Farm, Chinthurst Lane, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0DR
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/01025
Proposed two storey side and rear extensions with balcony, erection of a part two storey, part single storey rear extension together with new porch following demolition of existing porch, boot room, conservatories and store.
Queen Anne Farm, Jacobs Well Road, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU4 7PA
Received 27 Jul 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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