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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Anyards Road and Copse Road Cobham Surrey KT11 2LH
Received 29 Oct 202578D Rydens Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3DR
Received 24 Aug 2026251 Hersham Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5PZ
Received 26 Feb 20264 Cedar Close East Molesey Surrey KT8 9HR
Received 15 Jun 2026Chelsea Reach 3 Molember Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9NH
Received 23 Feb 202619 Freelands Road Cobham Surrey KT11 2NA
Received 26 Nov 20254 The Garth Cobham Surrey KT11 2DZ
Received 19 Jun 2026Whitewood Redhill Road Cobham Surrey KT11 1EF
Received 3 Nov 202516 Bowes Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3HS
Received 12 Feb 2026Bewley House Park Road Esher Surrey KT10 8NP
Received 11 Apr 2025Mulberry Cottage Ockham Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 1LS
Received 3 Jul 202652 Ditton Hill Road Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 5JD
Received 28 Aug 2026Land to the rear of 63 Rydens Road KT12 3AL and off Fox Hollow Close Walton-On-Thames KT12 3BG
Received 20 Nov 202510 Hunting Close Esher Surrey KT10 8PB
Received 4 Jun 202630 Broad High Way Cobham Surrey KT11 2RP
Received 13 Aug 202619 Brunswick Grove Cobham Surrey KT11 1HP
Received 23 Jun 202623 Eaton Park Road Cobham Surrey KT11 2JJ
Received 2 Jul 202628 Torrington Road Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0SA
Received 29 Oct 202537 Havers Avenue Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 4NE
Received 11 Feb 202660 Elmgrove Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 8PD
Received 5 Nov 2025S/O 15 Brunswick Grove on St Andrews Gardens KT131HP
Received 19 Nov 202553 Hogshill Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2AH
Received 17 Dec 20254 The Swansway Portmore Park Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 8HU
Received 13 May 2026Dovetails Wrens Hill Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0HJ
Received 23 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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