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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.
4,998 approved · 969 refused · 265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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21 Lower Edgeborough Road, Guildford, GU1 2DX
Received 28 Aug 2026209 Grange Road, Guildford, GU2 9QX
Received 28 Aug 20267 Hedgeway, Guildford, GU2 7RB
Received 31 Aug 2026Little Croft, Pennymead Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AH
Received 31 Aug 20262 Tythebarn Close, Guildford, GU4 7SS
Received 31 Aug 2026Ruskin, Green Dene, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5RG
Received 31 Aug 20267 Hedgeway, Guildford, GU2 7RB
Received 31 Aug 202619 Douglas Close, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU4 7PB
Received 31 Aug 2026Appletree Cottage, Little London, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DG
Received 31 Aug 2026Copperdown, Forest Road, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BL
Received 31 Aug 202695 New Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8LP
Received 1 Sept 2026Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3UX
Received 1 Sept 2026Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3UX
Received 1 Sept 2026Sherbourne Farm, Shere Road, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9BW
Received 1 Sept 202624 Harvey Road, Guildford, GU1 3SG
Received 1 Sept 2026Moorcroft, Grenville Road, Shackleford, Godalming, GU8 6AX
Received 1 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 1 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 1 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 1 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 1 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 1 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 1 Sept 2026Broadwater Sports Club Ltd, Guildford Rugby Football Club, Guildford Road, Godalming, GU7 3DH
Received 25 Aug 20261 The Ridings, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BN
Received 2 Sept 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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