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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Scout Hall Hogshill Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2AH
Received 28 Apr 202611 Fernhill Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0JH
Received 17 Mar 2026Orenda 66 Hogshill Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2AL
Received 19 Jan 2026Holly House 70 Holly Avenue Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3AU
Received 8 May 2026The Semaphore Tower Chatley Heath Pointers Road Cobham KT11 1PL
Received 5 Nov 2025Cooks House Blundel Lane Stoke D'Abernon Cobham Surrey KT11 2SY
Received 23 Sept 202587 High Street Esher Surrey KT10 9QA
Received 5 Dec 202562 Summer Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9LS
Received 21 Apr 2026Riverdene Wey Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 8HN
Received 27 Feb 2026Byfleet Road Cobham Surrey KT11 1DS
Received 15 Jul 20268 Hengest Avenue Esher Surrey KT10 0BP
Received 23 Dec 202536 Albany Crescent Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0PF
Received 5 Dec 202523 Birds Hill Road Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0NJ
Received 31 Oct 202576 Homefield Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3RG
Received 30 Dec 2025Manor Chase Weybridge Surrey KT13 8SJ
Received 7 Nov 202569 Alexandra Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0QS
Received 12 Jan 2026Colets Health And Fitness Club St Nicholas Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0PW
Received 16 Dec 202516 Castle Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 9QN
Received 23 Sept 2025Footpath outside 136 Walton Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0HP
Received 26 Jan 202694 Manor Drive Esher Surrey KT10 0BA
Received 27 Apr 2026Dovetails Wrens Hill Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0HJ
Received 1 Apr 2026The Pinnacle Portsmouth Road Esher Surrey KT10 9LL
Received 3 Jun 2026Units 1 and 2 Hampton Court Trading Estate Summer Road Thames Ditton KT7 0RG
Received 29 Apr 202631 Milbourne Lane Esher Surrey KT10 9EB
Received 27 Nov 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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