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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.
5,001 approved · 970 refused · 265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Timbers, Beechway, Guildford, GU1 2TA
Received 16 Sept 2026Eastbury Farm Cottage, Eastbury Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EE
Received 15 Sept 2026Three Acre Barn, Guildford Road, Effingham, KT24 5QQ
Received 15 Sept 202635 Louis Fields, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3JG
Received 16 Sept 2026Birchetts, Heath View, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5ED
Received 16 Sept 2026Squirrels, Fox Corner, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3PP
Received 16 Sept 2026Laurel Cottage, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7TD
Received 16 Sept 2026Bramley Oak Academy, Horsham Road, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey GU5 0BJ
Received 17 Sept 202643 Vale Road, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5HR
Received 17 Sept 2026The Old Bake House, Middle Street, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HF
Received 17 Sept 2026Unit 4, Guildford Business Park, Guildford Business Park Road, Guildford
Received 17 Sept 20264 Guildford Business Park, Guildford Business Park Road, Guildford, GU2 8SG
Received 17 Sept 2026Valentines Farm, Rose Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6NE
Received 15 Sept 2026Land to the North East of, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU1 1RR
Received 18 Sept 2026The Birches, Stanford Common, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0DG
Received 18 Sept 2026Old Rickford, Rickford, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3PJ
Received 18 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 18 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 18 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 18 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 18 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 18 Sept 2026York Cottage, The Green, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0JT
Received 18 Sept 202648 Wood Street Green, Wood Street Village, Guildford, GU3 3EU
Received 18 Sept 2026Gable End, Foxburrow Hill Road, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0BU
Received 18 Sept 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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