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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.
5,978 approved · 1,047 refused · 251 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 2000 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Loughrigg Willow Way Sunbury On Thames TW16 6BT
Received 5 Sept 20198 York Close Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1GA
Received 6 Sept 20197 Station Crescent Ashford TW15 3JJ
Received 6 Sept 2019Willow Cottage Lower Hampton Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 5PR
Received 6 Sept 2019Shapla Indian Cuisine Restaurant Russell Road Shepperton TW17 9HQ
Received 9 Sept 201912 Stanwell Close Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7LL
Received 9 Sept 201915A Worple Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1EF
Received 9 Sept 201941 Harfield Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 5PT
Received 10 Sept 2019155 French Street Sunbury On Thames TW16 5JY
Received 10 Sept 20197 Gordon Road Ashford TW15 3ES
Received 10 Sept 201940A Stanwell Road Ashford TW15 3ER
Received 10 Sept 201929 Lansdowne Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1HH
Received 11 Sept 2019Staines Ex Servicemens Club Limited 6 Laleham Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2DX
Received 11 Sept 2019Riverholme Towpath Shepperton TW17 9LL
Received 12 Sept 2019123 Grosvenor Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2RP
Received 11 Sept 2019Land Adjacent To 50 Hogarth Avenue Ashford TW15 1QA
Received 12 Sept 2019Development Site At 17 - 51 London Road Staines-upon-Thames
Received 13 Sept 2019118 Kingston Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1AS
Received 13 Sept 20199 Sunbury Court Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 5NJ
Received 16 Sept 201928 Chattern Hill Ashford TW15 1BU
Received 16 Sept 201938 Meadway Ashford TW15 2TH
Received 16 Sept 2019Halliford Studios Limited Manygate Lane Shepperton TW17 9EG
Received 13 Sept 201912 Scotts Way Sunbury On Thames TW16 7JQ
Received 16 Sept 2019Existing Telecommunications Cell Site Park Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 5BX
Received 16 Sept 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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