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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 Spelthorne Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,789 approved · 1,019 refused · 240 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 2000 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Thames Retreat 141 Chertsey Lane Staines-Upon-Thames TW18 3ND
Received 19 Feb 20195 Sunbury Court Island Sunbury On Thames TW16 5PP
Received 25 Jan 2019Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 19 Feb 20198 Gibson Place Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7NW
Received 18 Feb 201926 & 26A Charles Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1JT
Received 18 Feb 2019Land To The Rear Of 79 Thames Street Sunbury On Thames TW16 6AD
Received 19 Feb 201914 Sunbury Court Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 5NL
Received 19 Feb 201914 Sunbury Court Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 5NL
Received 19 Feb 201958 Ashridge Way Sunbury On Thames TW16 7RW
Received 20 Feb 2019Land To The Rear Of 55, 57 And 59 Green Lane Sunbury On Thames TW16 7NX
Received 20 Feb 2019123 Walnut Tree Road Shepperton TW17 0RR
Received 20 Feb 201915 - 17 Church Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4EN
Received 20 Feb 2019Thames Retreat 141 Chertsey Lane Staines-Upon-Thames TW18 3ND
Received 20 Feb 20193 Station Approach Ashford TW15
Received 20 Feb 2019Lower Mill Farm Hithermoor Road Stanwell Moor Staines-upon-Thames TW19 6AZ
Received 20 Feb 20196 Sydney Crescent Ashford TW15 2BJ
Received 21 Feb 201917 Fontmell Close Ashford TW15 2NR
Received 21 Feb 2019Old Fire Station And Land Adjacent To Former Town Hall Market Square Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4RH
Received 21 Feb 2019Old Fire Station And Land Adjacent To Former Town Hall Market Square Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4RH
Received 21 Feb 20193 Northfield Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2SP
Received 21 Feb 20196 Chertsey Road Ashford TW15 1SN
Received 21 Feb 2019Development Site At Former 7 - 11 Manygate Lane Shepperton
Received 22 Feb 20193 Claremont Avenue Sunbury On Thames TW16 5LX
Received 23 Feb 201943 Beverley Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 6NF
Received 24 Feb 2019Records 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 Spelthorne 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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