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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.
5,011 approved · 973 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Winslow, 1 Mill Lane, Peasmarsh, Guildford, GU3 1NB
Received 23 Sept 2026Jenner House, 1A Jenner Road, Guildford, GU1 3PH
Received 23 Sept 2026Jenner House, 1A Jenner Road, Guildford, GU1 3PH
Received 23 Sept 2026Tornetrask, The Highlands, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5BQ
Received 23 Sept 2026Mayor House, Mayorhouse Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9EW
Received 23 Sept 2026Little Hurlands, Puttenham Heath Road, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AP
Received 23 Sept 2026Tesco Express, Lysons Avenue, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5QF
Received 23 Sept 2026Kings College For The Arts And Technology, Southway, Guildford, GU2 8DU
Received 24 Sept 2026The Cricketers, Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU3 3AA
Received 24 Sept 2026The Firs, Ash Green Road, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6JJ
Received 24 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 25 Sept 2026Land At Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, GU23 6NU
Received 25 Sept 2026Croft Cottage, Heathrow, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9QE
Received 25 Sept 2026Copse Hill, High Clandon, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RP
Received 25 Sept 20261 New Road, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LZ
Received 25 Sept 2026Oak Ridge, Fulvens, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9PG
Received 25 Sept 2026Land north of Hareward Road and west of, Jasons Drive, Guildford, GU4 7XG
Received 28 Sept 2026School Bungalow, St Thomas Of Canterbury Catholic Primary School, Horseshoe Lane West, Guildford, GU1 2SX
Received 28 Sept 2026Pond Meadow School, Larch Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1DR
Received 21 Sept 2026Bramley Oak Academy, Horsham Road, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0BJ
Received 21 Sept 2026Land to the North East of, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield Industrial Estate, Slyfield, Jacobs Well, Guildford, GU1 1RR
Received 21 Sept 2026Pond Meadow School, Larch Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1DR
Received 21 Sept 20263A Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UT
Received 23 Sept 202630 Pond Meadow, Guildford, GU2 8LF
Received 28 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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