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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 Waverley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
438 approved · 44 refused · 17 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Apr 2025 to 21 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
LAND AT REAR 37-38 DOWNING STREET FARNHAM
Received 29 Jun 2026MALLOWS MILL LANE DUNSFOLD GODALMING GU8 4LD
Received 29 Jun 202635 SILO ROAD FARNCOMBE GODALMING GU7 3PA
Received 30 Jun 20268 LICKFOLDS ROAD ROWLEDGE FARNHAM GU10 4AF
Received 30 Jun 2026SERONERA GLEBE LANE RUSHMOOR FARNHAM GU10 2EW
Received 30 Jun 2026KNOWLE WOOD LORIMER AVENUE CRANLEIGH GU6 8WQ
Received 7 Jul 2026HAZEL COTTAGE HALE HOUSE LANE CHURT FARNHAM GU10 2JQ
Received 7 Jul 2026MARKS & SPENCER UNIT 1 WOOLSACK WAY GODALMING GU7 1DR
Received 29 Jun 20261 LONGDENE COTTAGES HEDGEHOG LANE HASLEMERE GU27 2PH
Received 30 Jun 2026DAWSON LODGE LORDS HILL COMMON SHAMLEY GREEN GUILDFORD GU5 0UZ
Received 26 Jun 2026DAWSON LODGE LORDS HILL COMMON SHAMLEY GREEN GUILDFORD GU5 0UZ
Received 26 Jun 202654 FOLLY LANE NORTH FARNHAM GU9 0HX
Received 1 Jul 2026QUISO 5 YEW TREE ROAD WITLEY GODALMING GU8 5RQ
Received 2 Jul 202616 LONGLEY ROAD FARNHAM GU9 8LZ
Received 29 Jun 2026HAVEN FIELD FARMHOUSE PLAISTOW ROAD DUNSFOLD GODALMING GU8 4PF
Received 1 Jul 2026LISMORE SOUTH AVENUE FARNHAM GU9 0QY
Received 2 Jul 202674 CHERRY TREE AVENUE HASLEMERE GU27 1JP
Received 2 Jul 20261 CHASE PLAIN COTTAGES PORTSMOUTH ROAD HINDHEAD GU26 6BZ
Received 2 Jul 2026SHENE LODGE 3 DELL CLOSE HASLEMERE GU27 1ES
Received 8 Jul 2026STAR COTTAGE SANDY LANE DOCKENFIELD FARNHAM GU10 4EQ
Received 3 Jul 202658 SWEETERS FIELD ROAD ALFOLD CRANLEIGH GU6 8UD
Received 1 Jul 20261 & 2 WELL LANE HOUSE 5 WELL LANE HASLEMERE GU27 2LB
Received 5 Jun 2026HERON HOUSE SCOTLAND LANE HASLEMERE GU27 3AB
Received 1 Jul 2026MOSSY COPSE SMITHWOOD COMMON CRANLEIGH GU6 8QR
Received 9 Jul 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Waverley 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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