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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Sandy Way Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 1BL
Received 21 May 20266 Annexe Clive Road Esher Surrey KT10 8PS
Received 27 Jan 20262 Portsmouth Avenue Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0RT
Received 28 Apr 202621 Ray Road West Molesey Surrey KT8 2LG
Received 28 Jul 2026Claygate Centre For The Community Elm Road Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0EH
Received 3 Jun 2026St Matthews C Of E Infant School Downside Road Downside Cobham Surrey KT11 3NA
Received 22 Jan 202620 Courtlands Avenue Esher Surrey KT10 9HZ
Received 19 May 2026Arbrook House Copsen Wood Stokesheath Road Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0PR
Received 29 Apr 202627B High Street Weybridge Surrey KT13 8AX
Received 23 Apr 202665 67 and 69 Walton Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0DP
Received 4 Jun 2026Cricketers Inn Downside Common Downside Cobham Surrey KT11 3NX
Received 4 Mar 2026Crown House Church Road Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0BF
Received 21 May 20261 Beaconsfield Gardens Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0PX
Received 3 Dec 202523 Eriswell Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5DZ
Received 19 Aug 202634 Spring Gardens West Molesey Surrey KT8 2JA
Received 20 Feb 2026Fir Trees 14 The Barton Cobham Surrey KT11 2NJ
Received 23 Feb 20264 Staplands Manor 23 Oatlands Chase Weybridge Surrey KT13 9RW
Received 16 Jul 202659 Medina Avenue Esher Surrey KT10 9TJ
Received 17 Aug 202611 Park Lawn Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 9EU
Received 9 Apr 2026Horizon 20 Fairmile Avenue Cobham Surrey KT11 2JB
Received 28 Jan 202610 Icklingham Road Cobham Surrey KT11 2NG
Received 23 Feb 2026Lenox House South Road St Georges Hill Weybridge Surrey KT13 0NB
Received 22 Oct 202511 Firlands Weybridge Surrey KT13 0HR
Received 25 Mar 2026Taramina 12 Hawkshill Way Esher Surrey KT10 8LH
Received 6 Jul 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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