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.
6,385 approved · 1,101 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
2 Witheygate Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2RA
Received 10 Mar 2022Grass Verge On Southern Side Of Gresham Road Outside Grange Court On Corner Of Gresham Road And Chiltern Close Staines Upon Thames Knowle Green TW18 2BN
Received 25 Feb 202234 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5ES
Received 9 Mar 202214 Lindsay Drive Shepperton TW17 8JU
Received 12 Mar 202220 St Margarets Avenue Ashford TW15 1DR
Received 14 Mar 202216 Sandhills Meadow Shepperton TW17 9HY
Received 12 Mar 20229 Arlington Road Ashford TW15 2LS
Received 13 Mar 202213 Cadbury Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7NA
Received 13 Mar 202219 Dorly Close Shepperton TW17 8RT
Received 13 Mar 2022May Cottage 2 The Creek Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6BY
Received 14 Mar 202210 Heath Close Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7PL
Received 14 Mar 2022Land Adjacent To 48 West Close Ashford TW15 3LN
Received 14 Mar 202289 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5HZ
Received 15 Mar 20226 Sheep Walk Shepperton TW17 0AJ
Received 15 Mar 20223 Windmill Close Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7HU
Received 14 Mar 20229 Squires Road Shepperton TW17 0LQ
Received 14 Mar 202215 Cherry Way Shepperton TW17 8QQ
Received 14 Mar 202253 Walnut Tree Road Shepperton TW17 0RP
Received 15 Mar 202278227 Gresham Rd Sw Gresham Road Knowle Green Staines TW18 2BN
Received 16 Mar 202210 Chaucer Road Ashford TW15 2QT
Received 16 Mar 202278227 Gresham Rd Sw Gresham Road Knowle Green Staines TW18 2BN
Received 16 Mar 2022230 Ashridge Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7RS
Received 16 Mar 20228 Clifford Grove Ashford TW15 2JT
Received 17 Mar 20228 Clifford Grove Ashford TW15 2JT
Received 17 Mar 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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