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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Burhill Golf Club Burwood Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 4BX
Received 31 Mar 2026Garage Block Ikona Court Weybridge Surrey KT13 0DW
Received 21 May 202614 Oakdale Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 8EJ
Received 16 Feb 2026Cedrus House 2 Lebanon Drive Cobham Surrey KT11 2PR
Received 28 May 20265 Tower Gardens Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0HB
Received 20 Nov 202543 Cavendish Drive Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0QE
Received 19 Jun 202653 Burwood Close Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 4JJ
Received 12 Jan 20267 Station Road Stoke D'Abernon Cobham Surrey KT11 3BW
Received 19 Nov 2025Farringford 24 Kent Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9JZ
Received 4 Mar 20262 Pelhams Walk Esher Surrey KT10 8QD
Received 23 Feb 202699 Claygate Lane Esher Surrey KT10 0BQ
Received 10 Dec 202523 Onslow Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5BB
Received 14 Apr 2026Land at Molesey Industrial Estate Molesey Avenue and Armfield Close West Molesey KT8 2FF
Received 31 Jul 2026Land at Molesey Road Hersham Walton-on-Thames Surrey
Received 18 Mar 202691 Pleasant Place Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 4HX
Received 15 May 20264 West End Gardens Esher Surrey KT10 8LD
Received 25 Mar 2026185 Ember Lane East Molesey Surrey KT8 0BU
Received 8 Oct 202511 Palace Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9DJ
Received 13 Feb 2026OPP 21 Anyards Road Surrey Cobham KT11 2LW
Received 19 Nov 202512 Church Street Cobham Surrey KT11 3EG
Received 23 Apr 20261 Old Cottages Tilt Road Cobham Surrey KT11 3HX
Received 14 Oct 2025Land south-west of Waterside Drive Walton on Thames Surrey KT12 2JP
Received 13 Feb 2026Oxshott Medical Practice Holtwood Road Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0QJ
Received 1 Jun 2026Former Hurst Park Primary School, Hurst Road, West Molesey, Surrey KT8 1QW
Received 17 Jun 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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