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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.
4,972 approved · 964 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Ripley Court, Rose Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6NE
Received 2 Jul 202639 Tillingbourne Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8ES
Received 2 Jul 202614 Manor Road, Guildford, GU2 9NE
Received 2 Jul 2026Land to the rear of Kirkwood, The Jays and Bramfield, Ockham Road North, East Horsley, KT24 6NU
Received 2 Jul 202660 The Chase, Guildford, GU2 7UB
Received 2 Jul 2026Lynwood, The Green, The Sands, Farnham, GU10 1LL
Received 1 Jul 2026Waverley Cottage, Manor Farm, Wanborough, Guildford, GU3 2JR
Received 1 Jul 2026Lot D1, Land lying to the west of, Westwood Lane, Wanborough, Guildford, GU3
Received 3 Jul 2026New Manor Farm, Old Epsom Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RL
Received 3 Jul 202629 Monro Drive, Guildford, GU2 9PS
Received 3 Jul 2026The Cottage, Blanket Mill Farm, Goose Rye Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RQ
Received 2 Jul 2026Dapdune Wharf , Dapdune Wharf Road, Guildford, GU1 4RR
Received 3 Jul 2026Western Down, 1, 7B Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EW
Received 3 Jul 202632 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DJ
Received 3 Jul 2026Weybrook, 51 Station Road, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9NP
Received 3 Jul 20263 Tilehouse Road, Guildford, GU4 8AP
Received 6 Jul 20269 Unstead Wood, Peasmarsh, Guildford, GU3 1NG
Received 6 Jul 20264 Torrens Close, Guildford, GU2 9GW
Received 6 Jul 2026The Burrow, 69 The Street, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AT
Received 6 Jul 2026Hill View, Send Hill, Send, Woking, GU23 7HR
Received 6 Jul 20262 Yew Tree Cottages, Cranmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6BU
Received 6 Jul 20263 Old School Close, Ash, Guildford, GU12 5EX
Received 6 Jul 202649 Raymond Crescent, Guildford, GU2 7SU
Received 6 Jul 202671 Pewley Way, Guildford, GU1 3PZ
Received 6 Jul 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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