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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.
4,992 approved · 967 refused · 265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Victoria Road, Guildford, GU1 4DJ
Received 21 Aug 202628 Frobisher Gardens, Guildford, GU1 2NT
Received 24 Aug 2026Palm House Nurseries, Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2DF
Received 24 Aug 202665 Charlock Way, Guildford, GU1 1XY
Received 24 Aug 2026The Coach House, Sandy Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1HF
Received 24 Aug 2026Windlake, Cobham Way, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BH
Received 24 Aug 2026Windlake, Cobham Way, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BH
Received 24 Aug 2026Orchard Gate, Old Rectory Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6QH
Received 21 Aug 2026Foxtrot, 8 Ferndown Close, Guildford, GU1 2DN
Received 24 Aug 2026St Catherines Priory, Ferry Lane, Guildford, GU2 4EE
Received 24 Aug 202617 New Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8LR
Received 24 Aug 2026First Floor, 208 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3JB
Received 19 Aug 2026Rosedale, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6EQ
Received 25 Aug 20262 Grove Heath North, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6EN
Received 24 Aug 202610 Gardner Road, Guildford, GU1 4PG
Received 25 Aug 2026Flat 8, Ranmore Place, Ranmore Common, Dorking, RH5 6SX
Received 25 Aug 2026Flat 8, Ranmore Place, Ranmore Common, Dorking, RH5 6SX
Received 25 Aug 2026Land at Former Pond Meadow School, Pond Meadow, Guildford
Received 25 Aug 2026The Arbour, 5 Guildown Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4HA
Received 25 Aug 2026Sandilands, Seale Lane, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1LE
Received 25 Aug 2026Sandilands, Seale Lane, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1LE
Received 25 Aug 2026Boughton Cottage, Boughton Hall Avenue, Send, Woking, GU23 7DD
Received 25 Aug 202638 Frog Grove Lane, Guildford, GU3 3EX
Received 26 Aug 2026Lloyds Bank 145-147 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AA
Received 26 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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