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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5,001 approved · 970 refused · 265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Bannisters Road, Guildford, GU2 7RA
Received 10 Sept 202629 Poplar Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8DH
Received 10 Sept 2026Stoke Park Farm, Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UT
Received 10 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 11 Sept 202647 Wood Street Green, Wood Street Village, Guildford, GU3 3DU
Received 11 Sept 2026Land at Cothelstone and Field Fares, Clandon Road, Send, GU23 7LA
Received 11 Sept 2026Langton Priory, Portsmouth Road, Guildford GU2 4AA
Received 11 Sept 202624, Queens Drive, Guildford, GU2 9PP
Received 11 Sept 2026Oakfield House, Manor Close, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6SA
Received 14 Sept 202610 East Meads, Guildford, GU2 7SP
Received 14 Sept 2026Tudor Cottage, Dagden Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8DD
Received 14 Sept 2026National Trust, Clandon Park House, Clandon Park, West Clandon
Received 14 Sept 2026National Trust, Clandon Park House, Clandon Park, West Clandon
Received 14 Sept 202614 Baillie Road, Guildford, GU1 3LN
Received 14 Sept 2026Warwick Lodge, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TJ
Received 14 Sept 20269 Falconwood, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5EG
Received 14 Sept 2026Eastbury Farm Cottage, Eastbury Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EE
Received 14 Sept 2026Land south of Ash Lodge Drive, Ash, Guildford, Surrey
Received 14 Sept 2026Long Copse, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7ST
Received 14 Sept 20264 Hurtmore Heights, Hurtmore Road, Hurtmore, Godalming GU7 2FD
Received 15 Sept 2026Woodhay, White Lane, Guildford, GU4 8PU
Received 15 Sept 2026Land North of Conyngham, Beech Avenue, Effingham
Received 15 Sept 202626 Orchard Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8ER
Received 15 Sept 2026Thornbrook Barn, Frog Grove Lane, Guildford, GU3 3HB
Received 15 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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