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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Wandsworthians Old Wandsworthians RFC Woodstock Lane South Surrey KT9 1UF
Received 1 Jul 2026Foundry Exchange 8B High Street Cobham Surrey KT11 3DY
Received 29 Jul 20263 Rectory Close Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 5HR
Received 20 Oct 2025Healix House Esher Green Esher Surrey KT10 8AB
Received 12 Aug 2026Land southwest of 20 Dukes Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames SurreyKT12 4LS
Received 18 Dec 202528 Church Meadow Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 5EW
Received 6 Oct 202522-25 Winstanley Close Cobham KT11 2TQ
Received 19 May 202652 Palace Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9DW
Received 19 Jun 202670 Fleece Road Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 5JS
Received 27 Aug 2026O/S 14 Fairmile Lane Cobham KT11 2DJ
Received 19 Nov 202586 Dudley Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 2JX
Received 3 Dec 2025S/O 154 Portsmouth Road on Copse Road Cobham KT11 1HX
Received 19 Nov 2025Consort House Princes Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 9TU
Received 7 Jan 2026Woodbury 49 Broadwater Road South Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5DE
Received 10 Dec 20255 Ashlyns Park Cobham Surrey KT11 2JY
Received 4 Mar 2026Warehouse Thames Street Weybridge Surrey KT13 8JG
Received 14 May 20266 Gloucester Terrace St Georges Avenue Weybridge Surrey KT13 0BU
Received 25 Jun 2026Hurley House 43 Hersham Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 1LE
Received 12 Nov 2025Land to the rear of 63 Rydens Road KT12 3AL and off Fox Hollow Close Walton-On-Thames KT12 3BG
Received 6 Nov 20255 Rectory Close Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 5HR
Received 2 Mar 2026Old Surbitonians Sports Club Cobham Rugby Club Fairmile Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2BU
Received 30 Jul 202629 The Wilderness East Molesey Surrey KT8 0JT
Received 7 Aug 202632-34 Baker Street Weybridge Surrey KT13 8AU
Received 17 Aug 202630 Thorkhill Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0UG
Received 16 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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