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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pavement O/S 17 Gavell Road on Bennett Close Cobham Surrey KT11 1AL
Received 19 Nov 202561 Wolsey Drive Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3BB
Received 15 Jul 2026Land West Of 10 To 26 And Land At 12 Claygate Lane Esher Surrey KT10 0AQ
Received 8 Dec 202530 Bray Road Stoke D'Abernon Cobham Surrey KT11 3HZ
Received 1 Jul 202635 Hill Rise Esher Surrey KT10 0AL
Received 23 Apr 202631 The Wilderness East Molesey Surrey KT8 0JT
Received 19 Nov 2025Land at Henrietta Parker Centre Ray Road West Molesey Surrey KT8 2LF
Received 8 Jan 2026Claremont Place Church Road Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0JD
Received 23 Jun 202638 King George Avenue Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 3LR
Received 11 Jun 2026Hersham Place Technology Park Molesey Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 4RZ
Received 2 Oct 2025Woodlands Park Hotel Woodlands Lane Stoke D'Abernon Cobham Surrey KT11 3QB
Received 13 Apr 20268 Fernhill Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0JH
Received 12 Dec 2025Triangles 20 Leigh Place Cobham Surrey KT11 2HL
Received 10 Jun 20261 Kings Manor Court Oatlands Chase Weybridge Surrey KT13 9SG
Received 23 Jun 202556 Rydens Grove Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 5RU
Received 9 Sept 20265 Mole Place West Molesey Surrey KT8 2AG
Received 23 Feb 2026Pavillion House 13 Hermitage Close Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0HH
Received 16 Dec 202567 Telegraph Lane Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0DT
Received 25 Mar 20262 Foley Wood Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0LT
Received 1 Jun 202640 West End Lane Esher Surrey KT10 8LA
Received 21 May 2026Worthy Yard Unit 1 Redhill Road Cobham Surrey KT11 1EG
Received 20 Oct 20251 Beech Close Court Cobham Surrey KT11 2HA
Received 19 Nov 2025Land Southwest of 42 New Road Esher Surrey KT10 9NU
Received 22 Jul 20268 Sopwith Drive Brooklands Industrial Park Weybridge Surrey KT13 0UZ
Received 26 Jan 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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