The last official Guildford local plan was adopted in 2003.  There appear to have been plans to replace it in 2009 but the preparation was abandoned in the face of the impending 2010 general election.  Any new draft local plan had to conform to the requirements of the NPPF.

The preparation of the 'evidence base' was recommenced after the 2010 election and a public consultation exercise was begun with the publication of the "Issues and Options" document in 2013, along with a raft of evidence documents including the Strategic Housing Land Area Assessment [SHLAA], Guildford Strategic Housing Market Assessment [SHMA], Employment Land Assessment [ELA], Settlement Hierarchy and so on.