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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.
4,946 approved · 962 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tudor Place, Boughton Hall Avenue, Send, Woking, GU23 7DD
Received 23 Jun 2026Worplesdon Memorial Hall, Perry Hill, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RF
Received 23 Jun 2026Hartland Farm, Hook Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AN
Received 23 Jun 202636 Fentum Road, Guildford, GU2 9SA
Received 23 Jun 2026Artington Manor Farm, Old Portsmouth Road, Artington, Guildford, GU3 1LP
Received 23 Jun 2026Weyside Urban Village (Slyfield regeneration Programme), Slyfield Green, Guildford, GU1
Received 23 Jun 2026Artington Manor Farm, Old Portsmouth Road, Artington, Guildford, GU3 1LP
Received 23 Jun 2026The Malthouse, Smugglers Way, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1NB
Received 23 Jun 2026Littlehaven, 29 Millmead Terrace, Guildford, GU2 4AU
Received 23 Jun 2026Elm Cottage, Glendene Avenue, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AY
Received 23 Jun 202646 Tormead Road, Guildford, GU1 2JB
Received 23 Jun 202655 Ellison Way, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1AY
Received 23 Jun 202614 Lime Close, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7UL
Received 23 Jun 20264 Hurtmore Heights, Hurtmore Road, Hurtmore, Godalming, GU7 2FD
Received 23 Jun 20263 Torrens Close, Guildford, GU2 9GW
Received 23 Jun 202620 Poltimore Road, Guildford, GU2 7PT
Received 24 Jun 202611 Warwicks Bench, Guildford, GU1 3SZ
Received 24 Jun 2026Sheepleas House, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6AL
Received 24 Jun 20262 Burrows Cross House, Burrows Cross, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QF
Received 24 Jun 20269 Rosetrees, Guildford, GU1 2HS
Received 24 Jun 2026Prospero 2, Surrey Satellite Technology, Stephenson Road, Guildford GU2 7YE
Received 24 Jun 2026Oakdene, Silkmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JB
Received 24 Jun 202611 Bannisters Road, Guildford, GU2 7RA
Received 25 Jun 2026Little Hampden, Colekitchen Lane, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LH
Received 25 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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