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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Units 1 and 2 Hampton Court Trading Estate Summer Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0RG
Received 11 May 20267 Bridge Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9EU
Received 22 Jul 20261 Rose Cottages Old Common Road Cobham Surrey KT11 1BX
Received 20 Aug 202623 Cherry Orchard Gardens West Molesey Surrey KT8 1QY
Received 15 Jan 202665 Greenwood Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0DX
Received 1 Sept 202613A Midway Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3HY
Received 10 Jun 202673 Hurst Lane East Molesey Surrey KT8 9DZ
Received 12 Feb 2026Land Southwest of 42 New Road Esher Surrey KT10 9NU
Received 16 Jan 2026College House College Drive Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0LB
Received 7 May 2026Brockspur Ravenscroft Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 0NX
Received 6 Nov 2025Belhaven House 67 Walton Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0DP
Received 28 May 2026West Leigh Court Leigh Court Close Cobham Surrey KT11 2HT
Received 18 Dec 2025Copsem Manor 50 Copsem Lane Esher Surrey KT10 9HJ
Received 5 Feb 2026Wey Lea Wey Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 8HW
Received 5 Jun 2026Members Hill Brooklands Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 0QU
Received 20 Jul 2026Land South of 23 Birds Hill Road Oxshott KT22 0NJ
Received 22 Dec 202519 Freelands Road Cobham Surrey KT11 2NA
Received 15 Jan 202619 Arnison Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9JF
Received 2 Mar 20265 Oatlands Drive Weybridge Surrey KT13 9NA
Received 18 Jun 2026Unit 59 Central Avenue And Britannia And Columbian House Pool Road West Molesey Surrey KT8 2AB
Received 22 Dec 202569 Portsmouth Road Cobham KT11 1JQ
Received 29 Jan 202613 Arbrook Lane Esher Surrey KT10 9EG
Received 17 Nov 2025Pavement O/S Oakdene Fairoak Lane Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0TW
Received 19 Nov 2025Cullen House Camp End Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 0NR
Received 23 Apr 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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