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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.
4,937 approved · 962 refused · 262 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Horsley Towers, Horsley Park, Ockham Road South, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6DU
Received 10 Jun 202631 Canterbury Road, Guildford, GU2 9TB
Received 10 Jun 2026Bailes Farm, Bailes Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2BA
Received 10 Jun 2026Bailes Farm, Bailes Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2BA
Received 10 Jun 2026Holm House, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SX
Received 10 Jun 2026Lundy, 10 Newark Close, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6DW
Received 10 Jun 202618 Papercourt Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6DS
Received 10 Jun 2026Hunters Hill, Shophouse Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9EQ
Received 10 Jun 2026Hunters Hill, Shophouse Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9EQ
Received 10 Jun 2026Land bounded by the Friary Centre Bus Station, North Street, Leapale Road, Guildford, GU1
Received 10 Jun 2026Streamside, Harpers Road, Ash, Surrey GU12 6DB
Received 10 Jun 20262 Malthouse Cottages, Goose Green, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LW
Received 11 Jun 20262 Malthouse Cottages, Goose Green, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LW
Received 11 Jun 2026The Tudors, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RE
Received 11 Jun 20263 The Gardens, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JD
Received 11 Jun 202631 Grantley Close, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8DL
Received 11 Jun 20261 Heath Barn Cottages, Send Marsh Road, Send, Woking, GU23 7DQ
Received 11 Jun 2026Land at, Newark Lane, Ripley, GU23 6DN
Received 11 Jun 2026Cornerways, Orestan Lane, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5SN
Received 11 Jun 202642 The Greenwood, Guildford, GU1 2NE
Received 11 Jun 2026Sanders, 6 Lovelace Close, Effingham Junction, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5HJ
Received 11 Jun 2026275 Stoughton Road, Guildford, GU2 9PR
Received 11 Jun 202625 Madrid Road, Guildford, GU2 7NU
Received 11 Jun 2026Pond Meadow School, Larch Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1DR
Received 11 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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