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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.
6,082 approved · 1,058 refused · 256 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Kingfisher Public House Chertsey Bridge Road Chertsey KT16 8LF
Received 28 Oct 201923 Sunmead Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 6PF
Received 28 Oct 201985 Watersplash Road Shepperton TW17 0EE
Received 25 Oct 2019Rear Of 11-13 Elmsway Ashford TW15 2SH
Received 29 Oct 201928 Townsend Road Ashford TW15 3PS
Received 29 Oct 201923 Sunmead Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 6PF
Received 29 Oct 201947A Chertsey Road Ashford TW15 1SR
Received 21 Oct 20192 - 4 Green Lane Shepperton TW17 8DA
Received 29 Oct 201978 Worple Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1EG
Received 28 Oct 201915 Britannia Way Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7HJ
Received 23 Oct 2019Land To The South Of Bedfont Road Stanwell TW19 7LE
Received 29 Oct 201919 Richmond Drive Shepperton TW17 9EB
Received 29 Oct 201919 Richmond Drive Shepperton TW17 9EB
Received 29 Oct 201942 High Street Shepperton TW17 9AX
Received 3 Sept 201921 Wadham Close Shepperton TW17 9HT
Received 30 Oct 20191A Priory Stables Chertsey Road Shepperton TW17 9NU
Received 30 Oct 20196 Bowater Gardens Sunbury On Thames TW16 5JP
Received 31 Oct 201927 Halliford Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 6DP
Received 31 Oct 201914 Chertsey Road Shepperton TW17 9LB
Received 31 Oct 2019Land At Hengrove Farm London Road Staines-upon-Thames Surrey TW15 4AJ
Received 15 Oct 2019Homers Farm London Road Ashford
Received 15 Oct 2019Unit Suc Norris Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4UP
Received 1 Nov 2019Land At Hengrove Farm London Road Staines-upon-Thames TW15 4AJ
Received 15 Oct 2019Land At Hengrove Farm London Road Staines TW15 4AJ
Received 17 Oct 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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