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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Footpath Outside Unit 8A Heart Shopping Centre Walton-On-Thames KT12 1GH
Received 26 Jan 202695 St Marys Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 9PZ
Received 6 Mar 2026Southwood 16A Green Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2NN
Received 16 Apr 2026Silvermere Golf Club Redhill Road Cobham Surrey KT11 1EF
Received 8 Jun 2026Fairwinds Crofton Avenue Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3DB
Received 26 May 202612 Tudor Close Cobham Surrey KT11 2PH
Received 30 Oct 202524 Esher Green Esher Surrey KT10 8AD
Received 15 Jul 2026Langford Raleigh Drive Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 9DE
Received 3 Sept 2025Old Cranleighan Sports Club Portsmouth Road Thames Ditton KT7 0HB
Received 5 Jan 2026Castleton Heathside Esher Surrey KT10 9TB
Received 19 Nov 2025Land Bound By Church Street East Chobham Road And Christchurch Way Woking Surrey
Received 17 Aug 2026Brooklands College Heath Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 8TT
Received 1 May 20268 Lakeside Grange Weybridge Surrey KT13 9ZE
Received 8 Apr 202620 Basing Way Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0NX
Received 11 Mar 202648 Rosslyn Park Weybridge Surrey KT13 9QZ
Received 18 Dec 202523 Birds Hill Road Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0NJ
Received 11 Feb 202617 Courtney Place Cobham Surrey KT11 2BE
Received 6 Mar 202682 Molesey Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 4RG
Received 20 Mar 202622A Water Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2PB
Received 21 Apr 202682-84 Royal Cambridge Home Hurst Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9AH
Received 5 Feb 202614 Tower Gardens Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0HB
Received 1 Jun 2026Garthcliff South Ridge Weybridge Surrey KT13 0NF
Received 8 Jun 202670 York Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 9DY
Received 12 Dec 2025The Old Boathouse 16 Hurst Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 9AF
Received 3 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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