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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4,991 approved · 967 refused · 265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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2 Belmont Place, Burpham, Guildford, GU4 7FL
Received 18 Aug 2026Follyfoot Farm, Guildford Lane, Albury, Guilford, GU5 9BG
Received 18 Aug 2026Land adjacent to Bushey Lea Farm, Green Lane West, Ash Green, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Received 18 Aug 2026The Lodge, Upper Street, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JA
Received 18 Aug 2026Downside Cottage, Pond Lane, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RS
Received 18 Aug 2026The Tyrrell Building, Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PG
Received 18 Aug 2026Land at 127, Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9XA
Received 18 Aug 2026Buren, Surrey Gardens, Effingham Junction, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5HF
Received 18 Aug 2026Buren, Surrey Gardens, Effingham Junction, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5HF
Received 18 Aug 2026Shortlands Farm, Guildford Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6DF
Received 19 Aug 20262 Newark Lane, Ripley, GU23 6BZ
Received 18 Aug 2026Land on the east side of, Alms Heath, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NZ
Received 19 Aug 202617 Kings Road, Guildford, GU1 4JW
Received 18 Aug 2026Tollgate Farm, Guildford Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5QL
Received 17 Aug 2026Woodlands Stables, Green Lane West, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6DU
Received 19 Aug 2026St James's Church, Church Lane, Shere
Received 19 Aug 20261 Hunts Close, Guildford, GU2 8LS
Received 19 Aug 20263 Howard Ridge, Guildford, GU4 7LY
Received 19 Aug 2026Maple Tree, Woodland Drive, East Horsley, Guildford, KT24 5AN
Received 19 Aug 2026Land Bound By Church Street East Chobham Road And, Christchurch Way, Woking, Surrey
Received 17 Aug 2026Community Garden, Summers Road, Farncombe, Godalming, GU7 3BF
Received 20 Aug 202617 Grantley Close, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8DL
Received 19 Aug 2026First Floor, 208 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3JB
Received 19 Aug 2026Priors Hatch, Priors Hatch Lane, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2RJ
Received 19 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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