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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 at former Hurst Park Primary School 357 Hurst Road West Molesey Surrey KT8 1QW
Received 13 Feb 202655 Greenwood Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0DX
Received 4 Mar 202610 The Ridgeway Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 1BH
Received 6 May 202631 Kent Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9JZ
Received 5 May 2026Cedrus House 2 Lebanon Drive Cobham Surrey KT11 2PR
Received 28 Apr 2026Unit 1 Worthy Yard Redhill Road Cobham Surrey KT11 1EG
Received 2 Jul 2026Chilton Court Station Avenue Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 1NG
Received 13 Mar 2026Former Weylands Treatment Works Lyon Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3PB
Received 28 May 202629 Hersham Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 1LF
Received 29 Dec 20251 Pound Close Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 5JW
Received 28 Jan 20263 Freeman Drive West Molesey Surrey KT8 2TN
Received 23 Dec 202516 High Street Cobham Surrey KT11 3DY
Received 7 May 2026Copsem Manor 50 Copsem Lane Esher Surrey KT10 9HJ
Received 27 Nov 2025Little Heath House The Ridings Cobham Surrey KT11 2PU
Received 29 Jul 2026The Courtyard 13B Molesey Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 4RN
Received 11 Dec 202515 Cavendish Drive Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0QE
Received 5 Jan 2026Pavement Outside 44 High Street Weybridge Surrey KT13 8BL
Received 28 Nov 20257 Princes Drive Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0UL
Received 30 Apr 202641 Ember Lane Esher Surrey KT10 8EA
Received 3 Jul 2026Former Weylands Treatment Works Lyon Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3PB
Received 28 May 2026O/S Cedar Ridge Steels Lane Leatherhead KT22 0QH
Received 19 Nov 2025Sentosa Esher Close Esher Surrey KT10 9LL
Received 12 Feb 20263 Island Farm Road West Molesey Surrey KT8 2LJ
Received 23 Feb 202621 Kings Road Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 5JE
Received 20 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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