Planning and building control documents

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
  • Burpham Neighbourhood Plan (Adopted Version) BNF1: Policies (main document) [620.71KB]
  • Burpham Neighbourhood Plan (Adopted Version) BNF2: Appendix 1 - Maps [1.31MB]
  • Burpham Neighbourhood Plan (Adopted Version) BNF3: Appendix 2 - Character Descriptions of Burpham [2.12MB]
  • Burpham Neighbourhood Plan (Adopted Version) BNF4: Appendix 3 - Local Green Space [3.05MB]
  • Burpham Neighbourhood Plan (Adopted Version) BNF5: Appendix 4 - Reference Documents [245.13KB]
  • Burpham Neighbourhood Plan (Adopted Version) BNF6: Appendix 5 - Survey Summary [1.02MB]
  • Burpham Neighbourhood Plan (Adopted Version) BNF7: Appendix 6 - Water and Flooding [1.77MB]
  • Burpham Neighbourhood Plan (Adopted Version) BNF8: Appendix 7 - Historic Sites [1.04MB]

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.
  • townscape assessment [20.73MB]  £31
  • rural-urban fringe assessment [11.84MB]  £30
  • Rural assessment [15.98MB]  £35
  • Landscape Character Assessment user guide
  • Landscape Character Assesment more information
• 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 2003 [300.69KB]  hard copy £5
• 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

• Brownfield Land Register
• Land Availability Assessment (LAA)
• West Surrey Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) £32
• Traveller Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (TSHLAA) £16.80

Economy

• Retail and Leisure Study Update £40
• Employment Land Needs Assessment (ELNA) £15
• West Surrey Functional Economic Market Area (FEMA) [951.58KB]

Protecting and design

• Green Belt and Countryside Study
• Sites of Nature Conservation Importance Surveys £4.65
• Conservation Area Character Appraisals
• Strategic Flood Risk Assessment
• Landscape Character Assessment
• Habitat Regulations Assessment
• Surface Water Management Plan
• Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Study £9.50
• Guildford Renewable Energy Mapping Study £11.70
• Surrey Hills AONB Areas of Search Natural Beauty Evaluation Report [630.93KB]  (see the Protecting and Design page for the accompanying maps)
• Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area Avoidance Strategy 2017 Supplementary Planning Document [5.97MB] hard copy £13.04
• Key heritage assets [657.86KB]

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.

Monitoring

• Annual Monitoring Report 2016/2017 [855.86KB]

Supply of information to organisations for example research

• General enquiries (one off charge) £68