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.
6,245 approved · 1,084 refused · 261 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dunally Lodge Walton Lane Shepperton TW17 8LQ
Received 30 Mar 202023 The Glade Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1ER
Received 24 Mar 20204 Temple Gardens Staines TW18 3NQ
Received 31 Mar 202029 Loudwater Close Sunbury On Thames TW16 6DD
Received 31 Mar 202012 Fairwater Drive Shepperton TW17 8EW
Received 25 Mar 20202 Willow Way Sunbury On Thames TW16 6BT
Received 25 Mar 2020109 Long Lane Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7AL
Received 20 Jan 2020121 Watersplash Road Shepperton TW17 0EE
Received 23 Mar 202021 Dorly Close Shepperton TW17 8RT
Received 27 Mar 20204 Dale Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 7SX
Received 31 Mar 202080 Green Street And Portland House, Sunbury On Thames TW16 6RA
Received 31 Mar 2020Telephone Exchange Green Street Sunbury On Thames TW16 6QJ
Received 1 Apr 2020Development Site At 17 - 51 London Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4EX
Received 1 Apr 202055 The Glade Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1ER
Received 1 Apr 202040 Linkscroft Avenue Ashford TW15 2BE
Received 2 Apr 202036 West Way Shepperton TW17 8HG
Received 7 Apr 2020The Salvation Army Sunbury Court Lower Hampton Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 5PL
Received 7 Apr 2020The Salvation Army Sunbury Court Lower Hampton Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 5PL
Received 7 Apr 20205 Riverside Place Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7LP
Received 7 Apr 2020Heathfield St Pinnock Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2HX
Received 7 Apr 202063 Ashridge Way Sunbury On Thames TW16 7SG
Received 8 Apr 20201 Lois Drive Shepperton TW17 8BB
Received 9 Apr 2020The Stanwell Hotel 171 Town Lane Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7PW
Received 9 Apr 202097 Village Way Ashford TW15 2JY
Received 9 Apr 2020Records 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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