Planning and building control documents

Please contact us if you would like to request the documents, publications and research services below. We will respond to your request for documents and research within 10 working days.

Payment can be made by debit/credit card over the telephone or in person at our main reception.

If the document or publication you require is not available on the website, then photocopying charges will not apply. If the document or publication you require is available on the website, then photocopying charges will apply.

Photocopying charges

Black and white A4 - 34p
Black and white A3 - 34p
Colour A4 - 58p
Colour A3 - 58p

Decision notices

Planning decision (TP3) (post 2005 on website) - hard copy £19.50
Planning appeal decision (post 2005 on website) - hard copy £19.50
Building control completion certificate pre 2001 - hard copy £20
Building control completion letter pre 1991 - hard copy £20
Copy of building control approval or rejection notice - photocopy charge only
Copy of building control completion certificate/letter post 2001 - photocopy charge only
Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) - (if available on the website) - hard copy £19.50
Planning Section 106 agreements - (if available on the website) - hard copy £19.50
Article 4 Directions - photocopy charge only
Breach of condition notices - photocopy charge only
Discontinuance orders - photocopy charge only
Enforcement notices - photocopy charge only
Copies of plans - A1, A2, A0 £13

The Development Plan

Local Plan 2003 [1.79MB] hard copy - Guildford Borough residents and students £21, non residents £48 postage and packaging £7.
Read the Guildford Local Plan Direction Letter [81.56KB] to see which policies have been saved and remain in effect
the Development Plan evidence base
the South East Plan

Neighbourhood plans

Burpham Neighbourhood Plan (adopted)

Burpham Neighbourhood plan and appendices (Adopted Version) [10.2MB]

Effingham Neighbourhood Plan (adopted)

Effingham Neighbourhood Plan (Adopted Version) [14.49MB]

East Horsley Neighbourhood Plan (adopted)

East Horsley Neighbourhood Plan (Adopted Version) [7.05MB]

West Horsley Neighbourhood Plan (post-referendum)

West Horsley Neighbourhood Plan (Referendum Version) [3.19MB]

Borough wide planning guidance (includes Supplementary Planning Guidance and Supplementary Planning Documents)

Advertisements and Signs 2004 [84.75KB] hard copy no charge
Community Engagement Strategy and Community Involvement in Planning
Guildford Community Engagement Strategy 2011 [1.31MB]
Historic Parks and Gardens Gazetteer [78.3KB] hard copy no charge
Landscape Character Assessment - there are three documents available to download.
Planning Contributions SPD [2.58MB] £8.50
Planning Contributions update 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 [68.62KB]
Residential Design Guide 2004 [5.66MB] hard copy £8.50 Update to policy context (Section 2) - December 2010 [42.61KB]
Residential Extensions and Alterations Guide SPD [11.76MB]
Residential Extensions and Alterations Guide SPD (interactive PDF version) [1.69MB]
Rural Diversification A Guide to the Planning System [1.93MB] hard copy no charge
Shopfront Design and Security in Historic Areas 2004 [126.98KB] hard copy no charge
Street Cafes 1995 [1.1MB] hard copy £3
Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan
Sustainable Design and Construction 2011 [1.77MB] £8.50
Telecommunications 2004 [184.76KB] hard copy £5
Vehicle Parking Standards 2006 SPD [613.2KB] * hard copy £8.50

* Document is currently being updated.

Emerging Borough wide planning guidance (includes Supplementary Planning Guidance and Supplementary Planning Documents)

Residential Extensions and Alterations SPD Draft [907.11KB]

This document will be out for Consultation between 4 May and 4 June 2018. If you would like to comment on the document, please visit our Consultation page.

Site specific planning guidance (includes Supplementary Planning Guidance and Supplementary Planning Documents).

Bedford Road Development Brief 2000 [3.75MB] hard copy £8.50
Bedford Road Planning Guidance 2003 [44.62KB] hard copy £8.50
Bellerby Theatre and North Place Day Centre Planning Brief SPD 2011 [1.82MB] £8.50
Conservation Area Character Appraisals available to download or to purchase. For new charges please see the link to the Conservation Area Character page
Deepcut SPD [8.16MB] We have adopted the Deepcut document as planning guidance only £8.50
North St/Commercial Road/Leapale Road Design and Development Brief adopted as SPG) 2003 [1.22MB] hard copy £5 - document is currently being updated.
Slyfield Industrial Estate 2004 [71.67KB] hard copy £5
Tyting Farm Planning Guidance January 2012 [474.24KB] hard copy no charge
University Manor Park 2003 [3.37MB] hard copy £8.50
Woodbridge Meadows SPD 2008 [2.88MB] hard copy £8.50

The documents above need to be read in conjunction with the National Planning Policy Framework published on 27 March 2012.

Emerging Local Plan documents and publications

Housing

Economy

Protecting and design

Infrastructure and delivery

Guildford Borough Transport Strategy [4.18MB]
Strategic Highway Assessment Report [4.03MB]
Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan [4.12MB]
Infrastructure baseline [4.68MB] hard copy black and white £10.50, colour £25
Guildford Local Plan and CIL Viability Study
Settlement Hierarchy [2.95MB] hard copy £23
Settlement Profiles [3.28MB] hard copy black and white £9, colour £21
Green and blue infrastructure

Topic papers

We have produced a series of background documents called topic papers to set out how we have developed the key strategy within the draft Guildford borough Local Plan: strategy and sites document. All of the topic papers are available on ourNew Local Plan Themes page.