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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 Northfield Road Cobham Surrey KT11 1JL
Received 15 Jan 2026Unit 2A Bessborough Works Molesey Road West Molesey Surrey KT8 2QS
Received 5 May 2026O/S The Withies Steels Lane Leatherhead KT22 0RF
Received 19 Nov 2025Yaffle Cottage 3 Brook Farm Road Cobham Surrey KT11 3AX
Received 11 Nov 202523 Stoke Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3DF
Received 16 Mar 202623 Canada Road Cobham Surrey KT11 2BB
Received 6 Nov 20251 Waverley Road Stoke D'Abernon Cobham Surrey KT11 2SS
Received 29 Dec 202522A and 22B High Street Cobham Surrey KT11 3EB
Received 3 Dec 202520 Molesey Park Road West Molesey Surrey KT8 2LE
Received 24 Mar 202632 Westville Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0UJ
Received 11 May 2026The Wheatsheaf 40 Esher Green Esher Surrey KT10 8AG
Received 6 Jul 202624 Woodside Avenue Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5LG
Received 10 Jun 2026Pavement O/S Tesco Stores Ltd 108 - 118 Walton Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0HP
Received 28 Nov 202527 Franklyn Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 2LG
Received 24 Dec 2025OPP 30 Winston Drive Cobham KT11 3BS
Received 19 Nov 2025Sylvan Burhill Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 4BH
Received 10 Mar 20266 Derwent Close Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0RF
Received 24 Jul 2026R/O 1 The Laurels on Fairmile Lane Cobham KT11 2TA
Received 19 Nov 202550 Rushett Close Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0UT
Received 27 Mar 202683 Onslow Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5AY
Received 8 Oct 202528 Leigh Hill Road Cobham Surrey KT11 2HX
Received 3 Dec 202512 Ferndown Gardens Cobham Surrey KT11 2BH
Received 7 Sept 202682-84 Royal Cambridge Home Hurst Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9AH
Received 17 Feb 20269 Mistys Field Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 2BG
Received 26 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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