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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Manor Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9JX
Received 19 Dec 2025Land to the Rear Of The Old Boathouse 16 Hurst Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9AF
Received 14 Oct 202522 Riverside Drive Esher Surrey KT10 8PG
Received 10 Nov 20254 Holtwood Road Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0QJ
Received 22 Dec 202511 Fernhill Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0JH
Received 8 Jun 2026Weybridge Hall Church Street Weybridge Surrey KT13 8DX
Received 2 Dec 2025Former Weylands Treatment Works Lyon Road Walton-on-Thames Surrey KT12 3PB
Received 11 Mar 202628 Eastwick Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5AP
Received 26 Jan 2026Esher C Of E High School More Lane Esher Surrey KT10 8AP
Received 20 May 2026Queensgate Fairmile Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2TG
Received 12 Feb 202625 Sandon Close Esher Surrey KT10 8JE
Received 16 Feb 202670 Fleece Road Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 5JS
Received 20 Apr 20261 Home Farm Close Esher Surrey KT10 9HA
Received 16 Jun 20267 Highfield Close Long Ditton Surbiton Surrey KT6 5JG
Received 13 Jan 20261 Ember Farm Way East Molesey Surrey KT8 0BH
Received 25 Sept 202541 Weston Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0HN
Received 1 Sept 202627 Clare Hill Esher Surrey KT10 9NB
Received 24 Jul 202614 Garrick Close Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5NY
Received 19 Jan 202644 Octagon Road Whiteley Village Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 4EA
Received 1 Jun 2026Queens Close Lammas Lane Esher Surrey KT10 8NS
Received 13 Feb 202639 Marlborough Drive Weybridge Surrey KT13 8PA
Received 15 Dec 2025123 Claygate Lane Esher Surrey KT10 0BH
Received 16 Mar 2026Weylands Old Treatment Works Lyon Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3PB
Received 5 Jun 2026High Trees Bridgewater Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 0EG
Received 21 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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