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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438 approved · 44 refused · 17 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2A POPLAR WALK FARNHAM GU9 0QL
Received 26 Aug 202615 THE PADDOCK GODALMING GU7 1XD
Received 7 Sept 2026LAND WEST OF BISHOPS SQUARE OLD PARK LANE FARNHAM
Received 7 Sept 2026THE HEIGHTS 5 HILL ROAD HASLEMERE GU27 2JP
Received 14 Sept 202662 BADSHOT LEA ROAD BADSHOT LEA FARNHAM GU9 9LT
Received 6 Jul 20263 LITTLE PAVIORS 18 RANKINE CLOSE BADSHOT LEA FARNHAM GU9 9LA
Received 9 Sept 202678 BROOMLEAF ROAD FARNHAM GU9 8DH
Received 7 Sept 20262 ELMBRIDGE COTTAGES ELMBRIDGE ROAD CRANLEIGH GU6 8NP
Received 7 Sept 2026UPFOLD FARM HIGH PITFOLD HINDHEAD GU26 6BN
Received 8 Sept 2026UNOFFICIAL ANNEXE HIGH PITFOLD HINDHEAD
Received 9 Sept 202636 OLD BARN VIEW GODALMING GU7 1YR
Received 9 Sept 2026FOREGATE OLD COMPTON LANE FARNHAM GU9 8BS
Received 9 Sept 2026LAND COORDINATES 494778 140124 MILL LANE WITLEY GODALMING
Received 25 Aug 202625 COPSE AVENUE FARNHAM GU9 9ED
Received 10 Sept 2026LAND AT EWHURST BRICKWORKS HORSHAM LANE CRANLEIGH GU6 7SW
Received 14 Sept 2026UPFOLD FARM HIGH PITFOLD HINDHEAD GU26 6BN
Received 9 Sept 2026UPFOLD FARM HIGH PITFOLD HINDHEAD GU26 6BN
Received 9 Sept 2026TRELAWNY GREENHILL CLOSE GODALMING GU7 1SD
Received 9 Sept 2026LAND COORDINATES 482831 147342 OLD PARK LANE FARNHAM
Received 9 Sept 2026COMPTONS COBBETTS RIDGE FARNHAM GU10 1RQ
Received 10 Sept 2026BECKHAMS COXCOMBE LANE CHIDDINGFOLD GODALMING GU8 4QA
Received 11 Sept 2026BECKHAMS COXCOMBE LANE CHIDDINGFOLD GODALMING GU8 4QA
Received 11 Sept 2026LANCASTER COTTAGE 5 THE PADDOCK HASLEMERE GU27 1HB
Received 11 Sept 20263 BROOKLANDS CLOSE FARNHAM GU9 9BT
Received 14 Sept 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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