Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
5,855 approved · 1,026 refused · 241 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 French Street Sunbury On Thames TW16 5JL
Received 24 Mar 2019Land At Orchard Close Ashford Surrey TW15 1JD
Received 15 Apr 201913 Cadbury Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 7NA
Received 15 Apr 20197 Kingsmead Avenue Sunbury On Thames TW16 5HW
Received 15 Apr 2019The Old Workshops Homewood Nurseries Highfield Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 6DL
Received 15 Apr 201917 Allen Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 5LS
Received 16 Apr 201913 Gables Avenue Ashford TW15 2TA
Received 16 Apr 201937 Queens Walk Ashford TW15 3JF
Received 15 Apr 2019Mallard Court Market Square Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4RH
Received 15 Apr 20191 Shortwood Common London Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4HP
Received 16 Apr 201941 Birch Grove Shepperton TW17 8SS
Received 16 Apr 2019Dunally Lodge Walton Lane Shepperton TW17 8LQ
Received 3 Apr 2019Dunally Lodge Walton Lane Shepperton TW17 8LQ
Received 3 Apr 2019164 Staines Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2SF
Received 17 Apr 20191 Hallows Grove Sunbury On Thames TW16 7LP
Received 17 Apr 20191A The Summit Business Park Hanworth Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 5DB
Received 18 Apr 201923 Ruskin Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2PX
Received 18 Apr 2019Land To The North Of Hanworth Road And To The West Of Costco Sunbury On Thames
Received 18 Apr 201936 Wrens Avenue Ashford TW15 1AP
Received 18 Apr 20192 Kent Close Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1PL
Received 18 Apr 201941 Mandeville Road Shepperton TW17 0AL
Received 23 Apr 2019The Chestnuts 6 School Road Ashford TW15 2BW
Received 23 Apr 20192 Stanwell Gardens Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7JY
Received 23 Apr 2019Perry Oaks Fuel Storage Terminal Wessex Road Heathrow Airport
Received 23 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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