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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.
6,370 approved · 1,099 refused · 267 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 2000 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
151 Petersfield Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1DH
Received 5 Jan 202227 Halliford Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6DP
Received 6 Jan 2022Spelthorne Leisure Centre Knowle Green Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1AJ
Received 6 Jan 202226 Ashurst Drive Shepperton TW17 0JL
Received 6 Jan 2022Splinters Towpath Shepperton TW17 9LL
Received 7 Jan 202280 Denman Drive Ashford TW15 2AS
Received 7 Jan 2022Eden Grove 17-51 London Road Staines-Upon-Thames TW18 4EX
Received 7 Jan 202230 The Causeway Staines TW18 3BY
Received 5 Jan 2022Woodlands Riverside Staines Upon Thames TW18 3NJ
Received 7 Jan 2022Woodlands Riverside Staines Upon Thames TW18 3NJ
Received 7 Jan 2022Melita House 124 Bridge Road Chertsey KT16 8LA
Received 7 Jan 20228-14 Oatlands Drive Weybridge Surrey KT13 9JL
Received 7 Jan 2022Greentiles Elmsway Ashford TW15 2SH
Received 10 Jan 2022Drake House Drake Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2AW
Received 10 Jan 2022Sundial Dunally Park Shepperton TW17 8LJ
Received 11 Jan 2022103 London Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4HN
Received 11 Jan 202223 Stainash Crescent Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1AZ
Received 12 Jan 2022502 London Road Ashford TW15 3AE
Received 12 Jan 202255 Chertsey Road Ashford TW15 1SR
Received 12 Jan 202255 Chertsey Road Ashford TW15 1SR
Received 12 Jan 202255 Bramwell Close Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PU
Received 5 Jan 2022Side Of Scots Close Stanwell
Received 12 Jan 2022Bus Shelter Outside 54 Park Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7NY
Received 12 Jan 2022243 Thames Side Chertsey KT16 8LD
Received 12 Jan 2022Records 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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