Changelog

The number was already in the tool's data and the page never showed it. It sits under the official links now, and on a phone it dials.

From June until today, "What's being built near you" would sometimes stop at a loading message and never show anything — and because the rest of the page looked normal, there was nothing to say it was broken. It is fixed. The applications near the town centre, the deadlines for commenting, and the links through to Guildford Borough Council's own register are all back. If you tried it and gave up, it works now.

The Friary bus station rebuild has moved stops and closed stands since September — tap a spot to say whether it's running normally, slow going or blocked, alongside Surrey County Council's own disruption notice. Sign in to add a report.

Today's air quality in plain language, plus why Guildford has no Clean Air Zone and where the town-centre traffic pollution debate stands.

What's been applied for near the town centre, which applications are still open for comment, and how the North Street bus station rebuild and the borough's contested green-belt sites are moving through the council's own register.

Short answer: nothing, this year. The page now names West Surrey Council — Guildford with Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Waverley and Woking — and notes that its shadow council was elected on 7 May 2026 and first met on 21 May but runs no services yet. Guildford Borough and Surrey County carry on until 31 March 2027, and the 2026/27 figures were re-checked against the council's own table.

The flood-watch page still described the Environment Agency's Guildford scheme as being in appraisal with two to three years of surveys ahead. It has moved: the outline business case went to government on 5 June 2026, after the January information events, and covers around 750 properties from Millbrook to Ladymead. If it is approved the next steps are detailed design and planning permission. No construction date has been published, so warnings and preparation are still the defence.

The link to the council's tariff board had gone dead — the borough has moved its charges onto a page per car park — so every source on the page was re-checked against those. The calculator now knows the rules it previously only described: arrive after 6pm and it is a flat £2.10, after 10pm it is free, and Farnham Road is the exception on both counts because it charges 30p an hour right through the night. Height limits are shown too, which matters at Tunsgate and Leapale Road, and Millbrook is running on reduced spaces until 31 October while the National Trust works on the weir.

The borough does not publish collection days in a form we can reproduce, so this page does not guess yours — it explains the fortnightly cycle, what belongs in each bin, and links straight to the council's address checker. Batteries go in a small clear bag on top of the bin, never inside it.

Type a postcode and see what is recorded over that spot on the national planning platform — green belt, conservation area, Surrey Hills, the Thames Basin Heaths protection zone — plus listed buildings within 200 metres. Your postcode is not stored or logged. It is a record, not a planning decision, and the council remains the only authority on whether you need permission.

Pick your area and band and see the 2026/27 charge split between Surrey County Council, the Police and Crime Commissioner, the borough and your parish. Band D in the unparished town area is GBP 2,501.18.

A colored-pencil drawing of Guildford's Norman castle keep on its grassy motte, above the town where the River Wey and the Wey Navigation cut through the North Downs.

Guildford's first tools are up. A live River Wey flood watch shows levels and warnings from the Environment Agency for the town-centre riverside and upstream. A car-park finder compares the borough's central car parks and Park & Ride by how long you're staying — including the after-10pm and 5-6pm overnight rules the tariff pages tend to hide. And a resident tips board gathers local recommendations on neighbourhoods, dog walks, NHS dentists and more. A Guildford-to-Waterloo departures board is next on the list once we can reach a live rail feed.