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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Elmbridge Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Dec 2014 to 16 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
12 Green Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2NN
Received 7 Jul 2026Mountleigh 16 The Barton Cobham Surrey KT11 2NJ
Received 16 Oct 2025Loxwood Stokesheath Road Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0PN
Received 10 Jul 2026Land at Hersham Library Molesey Road Hersham Walton-on-Thames Surrey KT12 4RF
Received 31 Mar 202665, 67 and 69 Walton Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0DP
Received 29 Dec 2025Land at Grove Farm (part) off Arran Way Esher KT10 8BE
Received 10 Dec 2014Mattone House 2A Lebanon Drive Cobham Surrey KT11 2PR
Received 22 Sept 20257 Alma Road Esher Surrey KT10 8JN
Received 25 Aug 20261 Ince Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5BJ
Received 1 Dec 202518 Mizen Close Cobham Surrey KT11 2RJ
Received 23 Oct 20256 St Andrews Close Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0AF
Received 7 Jul 202610 French Gardens Cobham Surrey KT11 2AJ
Received 3 Aug 2026Thames Mews Portsmouth Road Esher Surrey KT10 9AD
Received 23 Jan 2026Site of Former Homebase New Zealand Avenue Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 1XA
Received 18 Aug 202613 Oatlands Close Weybridge Surrey KT13 9ED
Received 24 Mar 2026Thames House Portsmouth Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0EQ
Received 11 Feb 2026191 Molesey Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 4QW
Received 30 Jul 2026Cedar Cottage 40 Oatlands Close Weybridge Surrey KT13 9EE
Received 14 Nov 2025Greenwood The Chase Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0HR
Received 25 Nov 202529A The Avenue Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0RX
Received 30 Mar 202630 Hersham Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 1JX
Received 19 Feb 20261 Bourne Close Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0EA
Received 22 Jul 2026Healix House Esher Green Esher Surrey KT10 8AB
Received 6 Aug 20261 Culverden Terrace Oatlands Drive Weybridge Surrey KT13 9LG
Received 22 Dec 2025Records 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 Elmbridge 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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