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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Verge Area Adjacent to Existing Substation Rydens Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3PN
Received 16 Jan 202620 Albany Close Esher Surrey KT10 9JR
Received 13 Aug 202621 Fisher Close Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5PN
Received 8 Dec 20251 Neville Close Esher Surrey KT10 8LU
Received 16 Jan 202625 Weybridge Park Weybridge Surrey KT13 8SQ
Received 24 Jun 20264 Harebell Hill Cobham Surrey KT11 2RS
Received 31 Jul 202618 Clarence Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5JU
Received 9 Apr 202629 Broad High Way Cobham Surrey KT11 2RR
Received 28 Jan 202613 Old Palace Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 8PQ
Received 28 Apr 2026Verge O/S 21 Broomfield Ride Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0LP
Received 19 Nov 202511 Fairmeads Cobham Surrey KT11 2JD
Received 13 Feb 202643 Oxshott Way Cobham Surrey KT11 2RU
Received 10 Feb 20262 Fisher Close Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5PN
Received 30 Jul 202637 Lovelace Road Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 6NZ and 1 Beechwood Close Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 6PF
Received 21 May 20266 Fairmile Avenue Cobham Surrey KT11 2JB
Received 12 Jan 202632 Ivydene West Molesey Surrey KT8 2HG
Received 20 Oct 202511 Common Road Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0HG
Received 30 Dec 20259 Windmill Close Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 5JU
Received 10 Feb 202612 Fairacres Cobham Surrey KT11 2JW
Received 16 Mar 2026Former Coveham Hostel Anyards Road Cobham Surrey KT11 2LJ
Received 2 Dec 2025Sandhurst Sandy Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2EH
Received 9 Feb 2026Bear Field 4 Leigh Villas Cedar Road Cobham Surrey KT11 2AE
Received 18 Dec 20256 Garson Close Esher Surrey KT10 8LW
Received 26 Sept 2025103A Ashley Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 1HL
Received 5 May 2026Records 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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