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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Opposite 5 Canada Road Cobham KT11 2BB
Received 19 Nov 2025Co-op Supermarket 38 The Broadway Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0LU
Received 17 Nov 2025Britannia House Pool Road West Molesey Surrey KT12 2AB
Received 12 Mar 20261 Myrtle Cottage Portsmouth Road Esher Surrey KT10 9AB
Received 9 Mar 2026Briar Cottage 7 Ashley Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0NH
Received 4 Dec 2025Rear of 12 Sandy Lane Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 2EQ
Received 21 Apr 20262 Fairmile Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2TG
Received 3 Aug 202629 Clive Road Esher Surrey KT10 8PS
Received 12 Jun 2026Dunedin 31 Heath Ridge Green Cobham Surrey KT11 2QL
Received 29 Dec 20256 Burwood Park Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5LJ
Received 5 May 2026Unit Southwest Of 8 High Street Cobham Surrey KT11 3DY
Received 22 Dec 202519 Woodend Park Cobham Surrey KT11 3BX
Received 18 Dec 202566 Hare Lane Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0QU
Received 23 Mar 2026White Herons Fairmile Park Road Cobham Surrey KT11 2PP
Received 1 Dec 2025The Wheatsheaf 40 Esher Green Esher Surrey KT10 8AG
Received 2 Apr 2026105 Fairmile Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2DD
Received 28 Jan 2026Caenshill House 5 Chaucer Avenue Weybridge Surrey KT13 0PB
Received 28 Nov 2025Weybridge Allotments Curzon Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 8UN
Received 17 Dec 202541 Island Farm Road West Molesey Surrey KT8 2LJ
Received 20 Mar 202629 Sandy Way Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 1BN
Received 3 Feb 2026Drayton 2 Highfield Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 2RJ
Received 28 Jan 2026Land East of Molesey Road Hersham Surrey KT12 3PF
Received 14 Jul 20264 Foley Wood Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0LT
Received 12 Feb 2026200 Fleetside West Molesey Surrey KT8 2NJ
Received 6 Jan 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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