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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.
5,001 approved · 970 refused · 265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
82 Cabell Road, Guildford, GU2 8JQ
Received 4 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 4 Sept 202676 Oak Hill, Wood Street Village, Guildford, GU3 3ES
Received 4 Sept 202619 Keens Lane, Guildford, GU3 3JS
Received 4 Sept 202610 Greville Close, Guildford, GU2 8DW
Received 4 Sept 2026Park House, High Park Avenue, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5DD
Received 4 Sept 2026Pipers Warren, Norrels Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5DL
Received 4 Sept 2026Land On the South Side Of Guildford Road, Normandy, GU3 2AN
Received 4 Sept 20266 The Gardens, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JD
Received 4 Sept 2026St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Received 4 Sept 2026Land east of Tangley Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford
Received 7 Sept 2026Land at Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School, Ash Church Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6LX
Received 4 Sept 20267 Coppice Close, Guildford, GU2 8JL
Received 7 Sept 20263 Abbot Road, Guildford, GU1 3TA
Received 7 Sept 202639 Middle Farm Place, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5LA
Received 7 Sept 20262 Litchfield Way, Guildford, GU2 7QL
Received 7 Sept 2026Heath Farm, Tannery Lane, Send, Woking, GU23 7EF
Received 7 Sept 2026The Courtyard, Wisley Lane, Wisley, Woking, GU23 6QL
Received 7 Sept 20265 Ecob Close, Guildford, GU3 3HP
Received 7 Sept 202616 Rivermount Gardens, Guildford, GU2 4DN
Received 7 Sept 2026Tanglewood, 27 Crooksbury Road, Farnham, Surrey GU10 1QD
Received 7 Sept 202670 -72 Southway, Guildford, GU2 8DF
Received 7 Sept 2026Car Park at Conway, Sandfield Terrace, Guildford, GU1 4LN
Received 7 Sept 20262 Hurtbank Cottages, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NH
Received 8 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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