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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6,370 approved · 1,099 refused · 267 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Green Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6RN
Received 19 Jan 20222 Thames Court 20 Thames Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5QS
Received 19 Jan 20222 Thames Court 20 Thames Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5QS
Received 19 Jan 2022Lark Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4RX
Received 19 Jan 2022126 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5EA
Received 19 Jan 202215-51 London Road Staines-Upon-Thames TW18 4EX
Received 19 Jan 2022Rear Of 9A Broadway Kingston Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1AT
Received 13 Jan 202243 Village Way Ashford TW15 2LA
Received 20 Jan 202215 Cumbernauld Gardens Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7JX
Received 20 Jan 20226 Vicarage Lane Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1UE
Received 20 Jan 20221 Cagney Close Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5BJ
Received 20 Jan 2022Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 20 Jan 2022Tesco Supermarket Town Lane Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7PZ
Received 21 Jan 202231 The Causeway Staines-Upon-Thames TW18 3AU
Received 19 Jan 2022Garage Blocks At The Clumps Ashford TW15 1AT
Received 20 Jan 2022Brightwater (Loughrigg) Willow Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6BT
Received 21 Jan 2022Four Corners Moor Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4YW
Received 22 Jan 2022Spelthorne Leisure Centre Knowle Green Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1AJ
Received 24 Jan 20222 Batavia Close Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5LP
Received 24 Jan 202262 Knightsbridge Crescent Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2QR
Received 24 Jan 2022Downstream Towpath Shepperton TW17 9LL
Received 24 Jan 2022Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 24 Jan 2022Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 24 Jan 202211 Grosvenor Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2RN
Received 24 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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