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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.
4,991 approved · 967 refused · 265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Guildford Lido, Lido Road, Guildford
Received 7 Aug 2026Lloyds Guildford, 147 High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3AG
Received 12 Aug 2026Willowview, Woodland Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AN
Received 13 Aug 2026133-135 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3DP
Received 13 Aug 2026RHS Garden Wisley Propogation Facility, Deers Farm Close, Wisley, Guildford, GU23 6QX
Received 13 Aug 2026Land rear of Greenhill, Chinthurst Lane, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8JS
Received 13 Aug 202610 Maori Road, Guildford, GU1 2EL
Received 13 Aug 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 14 Aug 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 14 Aug 2026Bradstone Garden Cottage, Christmas Hill, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HR
Received 14 Aug 2026Oaktrees, Clandon Road, Send GU23 7LA
Received 14 Aug 2026Kings College For The Arts And Technology, Southway, Guildford, GU2 8DU
Received 14 Aug 2026De Vere Horsley Estate, Ockham Road South, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6DU
Received 14 Aug 202650 Ash Church Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6LX
Received 14 Aug 2026Bow Cottage, Millmead, Guildford, GU2 4BE
Received 14 Aug 2026Land bounded by the Friary Centre Bus Station, North Street, Leapale Road, Guildford, GU1
Received 14 Aug 2026Warren Field, Beech Avenue, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5PJ
Received 14 Aug 2026St Marys Church Of England Voluntary Infant School, Shackleford Road, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AE
Received 14 Aug 20266 Blenheim Close, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1BW
Received 17 Aug 2026St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Received 17 Aug 202645 The Chase, Guildford, GU2 7UB
Received 17 Aug 202634 & 36 Ashenden Road, Guildford, GU2 7XE
Received 17 Aug 202651 North Side, The Cardinals, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1ED
Received 17 Aug 2026Patrew, Pine Walk, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AG
Received 17 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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