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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.
6,390 approved · 1,102 refused · 268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land At Watersplash Farm Gaston Bridge Road And Fordbridge Road Shepperton Surrey TW16 6AU
Received 8 Mar 2022Land At Stanwell Quarry Stanwell Moor Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7NY
Received 16 Mar 20224 Westview Cottages Short Lane Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7BH
Received 18 Mar 2022594 - 596 London Road Ashford TW15 3AF
Received 18 Mar 2022230 Ashridge Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7RS
Received 16 Mar 202236 Walton Bridge Road Shepperton TW17 8NE
Received 21 Mar 2022Kidabulous Play Centre Tollbridge House Brooklands Close Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7EH
Received 16 Mar 20225 Blacksmith Close Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey TW16 6BF
Received 19 Mar 202280 Thames Side Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2HF
Received 19 Mar 202210 Meadway Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2PP
Received 21 Mar 2022Spelthorne Leisure Centre Knowle Green Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1AJ
Received 21 Mar 202220 Gloucester Crescent Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1PS
Received 21 Mar 20226 School Road Ashford TW15 2BW
Received 21 Mar 202282 Groveley Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7LB
Received 21 Mar 2022Land Adjacent To The Former Swan Inn Moor Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW19 6EB
Received 22 Mar 2022Land To The South Of 21 Belle Vue Close Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2HY
Received 22 Mar 20221 Academy Court Fordbridge Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6AN
Received 22 Mar 2022Stanwell Farm Bedfont Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7LY
Received 22 Mar 2022152 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5DZ
Received 22 Mar 202211 Loudwater Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6DB
Received 22 Mar 202251 Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QP
Received 23 Mar 202230 Stanwell Road Ashford TW15 3ER
Received 23 Mar 202243 Manor Road Ashford TW15 2SL
Received 23 Mar 2022Dart House Thames Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6AG
Received 23 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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