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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.
5,842 approved · 1,025 refused · 241 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
133 Brightside Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1NH
Received 28 Mar 2019133 Brightside Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1NH
Received 28 Mar 2019Charlton Lane Ecopark Charlton Lane Shepperton TW17 8QA
Received 28 Mar 201912 Sandringham Drive Ashford TW15 3JQ
Received 29 Mar 201948 Wheatsheaf Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2PE
Received 29 Mar 201916 Bramwell Close Sunbury On Thames TW16 5PU
Received 29 Mar 2019Reservoir Aggregates Queen Marys Reservoir Ashford TW15 1UB
Received 29 Mar 2019Telecommunications Site Spn029 Halliford Mere Lake Renfree Way Shepperton TW17 9NU
Received 29 Mar 20196 Beechwood Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1JH
Received 1 Apr 2019Heliting House 5 - 16 London Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4AJ
Received 1 Apr 201927 Roper Crescent Sunbury On Thames TW16 5BA
Received 1 Apr 20191 Manor Gardens Sunbury On Thames TW16 6NY
Received 1 Apr 201927 Stratton Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 6PH
Received 1 Apr 20192 St Pauls Close Ashford TW15 1ET
Received 1 Apr 2019156 Hithermoor Road Stanwell Moor Staines-upon-Thames TW19 6BB
Received 2 Apr 2019Charlton Lane Waste Management Facility Charlton Lane Shepperton TW17 8QA
Received 2 Apr 201919 Manor Lane Sunbury On Thames TW16 5EB
Received 2 Apr 201954 Beechwood Avenue Sunbury On Thames TW16 7QP
Received 1 Apr 201928 Townsend Road Ashford TW15 3PS
Received 2 Apr 201910 Cheyne Road Ashford TW15 1TH
Received 2 Apr 201910 Station Crescent Ashford TW15 3HH
Received 3 Apr 2019Development Site At The Old Police Station 2 London Road Staines-upon-Thames
Received 29 Mar 2019The Anchor Hotel Church Square Shepperton TW17 9JY
Received 3 Apr 201918 Exeforde Avenue Ashford TW15 2EF
Received 3 Apr 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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