Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 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438 approved · 44 refused · 17 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BOTLEY HOUSE THE GREEN CHIDDINGFOLD GODALMING GU8 4TT
Received 14 Sept 2026SAXON STABLES WEST END LANE HASLEMERE GU27 2EN
Received 15 Sept 2026TWO PARCELS OF LAND SEPARATED BY BURNT HILL ROAD BURNT HILL ROAD WRECCLESHAM FARNHAM
Received 15 Sept 2026105 LION LANE HASLEMERE GU27 1JL
Received 15 Sept 2026KINGSFORD COTTAGE HAMLASH LANE FRENSHAM FARNHAM GU10 3AY
Received 17 Sept 202673 BARDSLEY DRIVE FARNHAM GU9 8UQ
Received 17 Sept 2026LAND NORTH OF PENNY LANE SOUTHBOURNE PO10 8HE
Received 17 Sept 2026GABLE END FOXBURROW HILL ROAD BRAMLEY GUILDFORD GU5 0BU
Received 15 Sept 202656 ABBOTS RIDE FARNHAM GU9 8HZ
Received 17 Sept 202618 HEATH LANE FARNHAM GU9 0PT
Received 18 Sept 2026LAND SOUTH OF BROOK AVENUE FARNHAM GU9 9HB
Received 21 Sept 20264 VINE WAY WRECCLESHAM FARNHAM GU10 4TB
Received 10 Sept 2026GABLE END FOXBURROW HILL ROAD BRAMLEY GUILDFORD GU5 0BU
Received 14 Sept 2026ANDRE NOIRE 8 LION AND LAMB YARD FARNHAM GU9 7LL
Received 16 Sept 2026LAMBSWOOD 108 LODGE HILL ROAD LOWER BOURNE FARNHAM GU10 3RB
Received 16 Sept 2026DUNEDIN HOUSE 2 THE MEWS WHARF STREET GODALMING
Received 17 Sept 2026DEER PATH COTTAGE INVAL HASLEMERE GU27 1AH
Received 18 Sept 20263 DINGLE HOLLOW BELL ROAD HASLEMERE GU27 3SF
Received 18 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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