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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.
4,981 approved · 964 refused · 264 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thors, Norrels Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5DL
Received 30 Jul 2026Shepherds Cottage, Ockham Road North, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6PE
Received 30 Jul 2026282 London Road, Guildford, GU4 7LB
Received 31 Jul 2026The Cloisters, London Road, Guildford, GU1 1FY
Received 31 Jul 202638 Leyscroftes Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6TT
Received 31 Jul 2026Green Mead, Silkmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JQ
Received 31 Jul 2026Land at Green Lane, Green Lane, Ockham, GU23 6PQ
Received 31 Jul 2026Hare And Hounds Cottage, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TG
Received 31 Jul 2026111 Farnham Road, Guildford, GU2 7PF
Received 31 Jul 202616 Quarry Street, Guildford, GU1 3UY
Received 31 Jul 202611 The Court, Bury Fields, Guildford, GU2 4BA
Received 31 Jul 2026Pucks Oak Barn, The Street, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EB
Received 3 Aug 2026Homelands Lodge, 99 Potters Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7AW
Received 31 Jul 2026Land at Former Pond Meadow School, Pond Meadow, Guildford
Received 31 Jul 2026Little Acre, Shere Road, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 8SG
Received 3 Aug 20268 Downs Drive, Guildford, GU1 2WH
Received 3 Aug 202638 Frog Grove Lane, Guildford, GU3 3EX
Received 3 Aug 202638 Frog Grove Lane, Guildford, GU3 3EX
Received 3 Aug 2026Lundy, 10 Newark Close, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6DW
Received 3 Aug 202641 Underwood Avenue, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6PL
Received 3 Aug 2026Unit 7B, Henley Business Park, Pirbright Road, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2DX
Received 3 Aug 2026Ditton House, 16 Tangier Road, Guildford, GU1 2DF
Received 3 Aug 2026Cothelstone, Clandon Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7LA
Received 3 Aug 202694 Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8AQ
Received 3 Aug 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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