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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.
4,932 approved · 962 refused · 262 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Broadbridges, The Avenue, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1JN
Received 8 Jun 2026Weyside Urban Village (Slyfield regeneration Programme), Slyfield Green, Guildford, GU1
Received 8 Jun 202634 Addison Road, Guildford, GU1 3QG
Received 8 Jun 20263 Litchfield Way, Guildford, GU2 7QL
Received 8 Jun 202613 Sandfield Terrace, Guildford, GU1 4LN
Received 8 Jun 2026312 London Road, Guildford, GU4 7LB
Received 8 Jun 20263 Belmont Cottages, Gole Road, Woking, GU24 0QG
Received 9 Jun 2026Land bounded by the Friary Centre Bus Station, North Street, Leapale Road, Guildford, GU1
Received 8 Jun 202612 Northway, Guildford, GU2 9SD
Received 9 Jun 202613 Old Palace Road, Guildford, GU2 7TU
Received 9 Jun 2026Bowers Mill, Bowers Lane, Guildford, GU4 7ND
Received 9 Jun 2026Grandview House, 94 Broad Street, Guildford, GU3 3BE
Received 9 Jun 20269 Baldwin Crescent, Guildford, GU4 7XW
Received 5 Jun 202649 Ludlow Road, Guildford, GU2 7NR
Received 9 Jun 202656 Wentworth Crescent, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5LQ
Received 9 Jun 202611 Kings Road, Guildford, GU1 4JW
Received 9 Jun 202616 Michael Lane, Guildford, GU2 9LB
Received 9 Jun 20263 Winds Ridge, Send, Woking, GU23 7HU
Received 9 Jun 2026Rowan Place, Shawfield Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6QZ
Received 10 Jun 20263 Worplesdon St Mary, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RE
Received 10 Jun 2026Wanborough Barn, Westwood Lane, Wanborough, Guildford, GU3 2JR
Received 10 Jun 2026Pavement outside the Friary Centre, Commercial Road, Guildford, GU1 4YT
Received 10 Jun 2026Pavement outside the Friary Centre, Commercial Road, Guildford, GU1 4YT
Received 10 Jun 202653 Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 4RF
Received 10 Jun 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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