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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4,974 approved · 964 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Meadow Close, Guildford GU4 7GS
Received 27 Jul 20261 Farnham Road, Guildford, GU2 4RG
Received 28 Jul 202630 Tilehouse Road, Guildford, GU4 8AL
Received 28 Jul 202630 Litchfield Way, Guildford, GU2 7QH
Received 28 Jul 2026Car Park, Pond Lane, Peaslake, GU5 9RS
Received 28 Jul 2026Waterloo Farm, Ockham Road North, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6PE
Received 28 Jul 2026Clandon Regis, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SU
Received 28 Jul 2026Flat 2, 58 Harvey Road, Guildford, GU1 3LU
Received 28 Jul 2026Land at, Poyle Road, Tongham
Received 28 Jul 2026Land at, Poyle Road, Tongham
Received 28 Jul 20261 Forest Gate, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AU
Received 29 Jul 2026Still Point, 15 Ganghill, Guildford, GU1 1XE
Received 29 Jul 2026Whirl Hill, Lombard Street, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6BH
Received 29 Jul 20262 Percy Cottages, 66 Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NT
Received 29 Jul 2026Land bounded by the Friary Centre Bus Station, North Street, Leapale Road, Guildford, GU1
Received 29 Jul 2026Deer View House, 109A Poyle Road, Tongham, Faarnham, GU10 1DY
Received 24 Jul 2026Kirat Rai House, Gambles Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6HS
Received 29 Jul 202610 Hedgeway, Guildford, GU2 7RD
Received 29 Jul 2026Chertsey Street Old Baptist Church, Chertsey Street, Guildford, GU1 4HL
Received 29 Jul 202639 Byrefield Road, Guildford, GU2 9UB
Received 29 Jul 2026The Rats Castle Public House, 80 Sydenham Road, Guildford, GU1 3SA
Received 29 Jul 2026Oaklands, Oak Grange Road, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7UE
Received 30 Jul 2026Bishopsgate Lodge, Ockham Road South, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6DT
Received 30 Jul 20264 Cranley Close, Guildford, GU1 2JN
Received 30 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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