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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1,129 approved · 418 refused · 53 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ikona Court Weybridge Surrey KT13 0DW
Received 28 Apr 202632 Littleheath Lane Cobham Surrey KT11 2QN
Received 27 Jul 2026St Andrews House Keltbray Group Ltd Portsmouth Road Esher Surrey KT10 9TA
Received 29 Jan 202655 Central Avenue West Molesey Surrey KT8 2QZ
Received 13 Mar 202647 Portsmouth Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0TA
Received 5 Aug 202611 Woodside Road Cobham Surrey KT11 2QR
Received 11 Dec 202511A Portmore Park Road Weybridge Surrey KT13 8ER
Received 5 Nov 202528 Mayo Road Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 2QA
Received 8 Jun 2026Site of Former Homebase New Zealand Avenue Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 1XA
Received 13 Aug 20267 Melbury Close Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0EX
Received 20 Aug 2026Smithkline Beecham Consumer Healthcare Glaxo Smithkline St Georges Avenue Weybridge KT13 0DE
Received 15 May 202682 Burwood Road Hersham Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 4AP
Received 23 Jul 202612 Church Street Weybridge Surrey KT13 8DX
Received 13 May 2026Verge O/S Hudsen House Queens Drive on Stokesheath Road Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0PJ
Received 19 Nov 2025168 Fleetside West Molesey Surrey KT8 2NH
Received 13 Apr 2026The Old Forge and Ivy Cottage South Road Weybridge KT13 9DZ
Received 24 Jul 2026Willowpine 4 Torrington Close Claygate Esher Surrey KT10 0SB
Received 9 Jun 2026103 Thorkhill Road Thames Ditton Surrey KT7 0UW
Received 8 Jan 2026Hillsway Downside Common Road Downside Cobham Surrey KT11 3NP
Received 22 Jun 202652 Matham Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0SU
Received 22 May 2026St Andrews House Portsmouth Road Esher Surrey KT10 9TA
Received 23 Jan 2026Sports Ground, Oxshott Village Sports Club Steels Lane Oxshott Leatherhead Surrey KT22 0RF
Received 14 Jan 202627 Dillmount Drive Walton-On-Thames Surrey KT12 2FJ
Received 22 Jul 202616 Island Farm Road West Molesey Surrey KT8 2LH
Received 1 Aug 2024Records 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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