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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.
4,929 approved · 961 refused · 261 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 2023 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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12 Chestnut Way (Plot 44), Ada Gardens, East Horsley, KT24 6PU
Received 3 Jun 2026Lyon House, 14 Aldersey Road, Guildford, GU1 2ES
Received 3 Jun 2026Windlake, Cobham Way, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BH
Received 3 Jun 202623 Wodeland Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4JX
Received 3 Jun 2026Heathersage House, Crest Hill, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9PE
Received 3 Jun 2026Weyside Urban Village (Slyfield regeneration Programme), Slyfield Green, Guildford, GU1
Received 3 Jun 2026Land at Cothelstone and Field Fares, Clandon Road, Send, GU23 7LA
Received 3 Jun 2026Land at Former Pond Meadow School, Pond Meadow, Guildford
Received 3 Jun 2026Gardeners Cottage, White Lane, Guildford, GU4 8PS
Received 3 Jun 2026Plough Inn, Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SW
Received 3 Jun 2026The Mill House, 63 The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BU
Received 3 Jun 2026Green Gates, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JT
Received 3 Jun 2026Wayside, Dawney Hill, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JB
Received 3 Jun 2026Willowdene, Shawfield Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6QY
Received 4 Jun 202611 Fowlers Croft, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EH
Received 3 Jun 202685 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3PA
Received 3 Jun 2026Flat 2, 25 Percy Road, Guildford, GU2 9PA
Received 4 Jun 2026The Mill House, 63 The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BU
Received 4 Jun 202615 Mountside, Guildford, GU2 4JD
Received 4 Jun 2026High Ash, Portsmouth Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6EW
Received 4 Jun 202643 Grange Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1DJ
Received 4 Jun 2026Binton Farm House, Binton Farm, Binton Lane, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1LQ
Received 4 Jun 2026Former Defra Site and Land on South Side of Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1
Received 4 Jun 2026Pirbight Laboratory, Institute For Animal Health, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0NF
Received 4 Jun 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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