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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4,972 approved · 964 refused · 263 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Courtland, 14A Warwicks Bench, Guildford, GU1 3TG
Received 7 Jul 202636 Envis Way, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3NH
Received 7 Jul 202619 Pewley Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SN
Received 7 Jul 2026Hillside, 8 Wherwell Road, Guildford, GU2 4JR
Received 7 Jul 202676 Wodeland Avenue, Guildford, GU2 4LB
Received 7 Jul 2026Land bounded by the Friary Centre Bus Station, North Street, Leapale Road, Guildford, GU1
Received 7 Jul 202610 The Court, Bury Fields, Guildford, GU2 4BA
Received 7 Jul 2026Pound Cottage, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TG
Received 7 Jul 2026Little Croft, Pennymead Drive, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5AH
Received 8 Jul 2026274 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3JL
Received 8 Jul 2026Land North of Lower Road, Effingham
Received 8 Jul 2026Green Mead, Silkmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JQ
Received 8 Jul 2026Northcote, Hooke Road, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5DY
Received 8 Jul 2026Rodboro Buildings, Bridge Street, Guildford, GU1 4RY
Received 8 Jul 2026Rodboro Buildings, Bridge Street, Guildford, GU1 4RY
Received 8 Jul 2026Brambles, Malacca Farm, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7UQ
Received 8 Jul 2026Land at High View, Opp Number 10, Gomshall, Guildford GU5 9LT
Received 7 Jul 202654 Poyle Road, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1DU
Received 7 Jul 2026142 Grange Road, Guildford, GU2 9QT
Received 8 Jul 2026Ladymead WTW to Pewley Hill Service
Received 8 Jul 2026St Thomas House, 39 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3LA
Received 8 Jul 20261 New Cross Road, Guildford, GU2 9NS
Received 7 Jul 20266 Bishopsmead Close, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6RY
Received 8 Jul 20262 Maple Grove, Guildford, GU1 1LP
Received 8 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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