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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.
4,982 approved · 964 refused · 264 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
117-121 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3DP
Received 6 Aug 202655 Chantry View Road, Guildford, GU1 3XT
Received 6 Aug 2026Clive Lodge, Church Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9AQ
Received 6 Aug 2026Land adjacent to Bushey Lea Farm, Green Lane West, Ash, Aldershot, GU12 6EH
Received 6 Aug 202636 Underwood Avenue, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6PP
Received 6 Aug 20267 Parklands Place, Guildford, GU1 2PS
Received 6 Aug 2026Valentines Farm, Rose Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6NE
Received 6 Aug 202693 Wentworth Crescent, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5LQ
Received 7 Aug 202687 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HD
Received 7 Aug 202631 Northway, Guildford, GU2 9SD
Received 7 Aug 2026The Volunteer (PH), Water Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking RH5 6PR
Received 7 Aug 2026Cyder Cottage, 9 Pilgrims Way, Guildford, GU4 8AD
Received 7 Aug 202619 Strathcona Avenue, Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23 4HW
Received 7 Aug 2026Lockner Farm, Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RH
Received 7 Aug 2026Bavins, Mark Way, Godalming, GU7 2BW
Received 7 Aug 2026The site of the Former Robin Hood Public House and Car Park, Sydenham Road and Lower level Bright Hill Car Park, Bright Hill, Guildford
Received 7 Aug 2026Compton House, Old Portsmouth Road, Artington, Guildford, GU3 1LR
Received 7 Aug 2026Elmwood, 45 Merrow Lane, Guildford, GU4 7LQ
Received 10 Aug 2026Piccards Cottage, Sandy Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1HF
Received 10 Aug 2026Land at Grove Heath Court, Gambles Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6HL
Received 10 Aug 2026Land adjacent to Orchard Cottage, Greta Bank, West Horsley, KT24 6HH
Received 10 Aug 2026Land at,1 Guildcroft, Guildford, GU1 2JU
Received 10 Aug 2026Chestnut Cottage, 50 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Received 10 Aug 2026Tyrellswood, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6ER
Received 10 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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