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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.
5,001 approved · 970 refused · 265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Friary Street, Guildford, GU1 4EN
Received 8 Sept 2026183 Applegarth Avenue, Guildford, GU2 8LP
Received 8 Sept 2026Land at Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School, Ash Church Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6LX
Received 8 Sept 20267 Pit Farm Road, Guildford, GU1 2JH
Received 8 Sept 2026Hornbeam, 174 The Street, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6HS
Received 8 Sept 2026West Flexford House, West Flexford Lane, Wanborough, Guildford, GU3 2JW
Received 8 Sept 20261 Bury Fields, Guildford, GU2 4AZ
Received 9 Sept 2026Pear Wood Lodge, Gibbs Acre, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JX
Received 9 Sept 2026Tethers End, Farley Green Road, Farley Green, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DL
Received 9 Sept 202662 Guildford Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6BT
Received 9 Sept 2026Oak End, Oak Tree Close, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU4 7PU
Received 9 Sept 2026Wildfell House, Church Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RU
Received 9 Sept 2026Piccard's Rough, Sandy Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1HF
Received 9 Sept 2026Care Team Office, Meadowcroft Lodge, Pond Meadow, Guildford
Received 9 Sept 2026Manor Farm, East Lane, West Horsley
Received 9 Sept 2026Communication Mast Orange Sur 169, Surrey County Constabulary Police Headquarters Mount Browne, Sandy Lane, Compton, Guildford
Received 9 Sept 2026Bethshalom, Markenfield Road, Guildford, GU1 4PF
Received 10 Sept 202619 Foxglove Gardens, Guildford, GU4 7ES
Received 10 Sept 2026Brooklands, 99 Glaziers Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2EA
Received 10 Sept 2026Green Gates, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JT
Received 10 Sept 2026Perry Hill Farm, Coombe Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3PF
Received 10 Sept 2026Worplesdon Rifle Range, Worplesdon Road, Guildford
Received 10 Sept 2026Dene Cottage, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JE
Received 10 Sept 2026Oak Tree Corner, Silkmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JB
Received 10 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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