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.
6,338 approved · 1,091 refused · 264 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Gailey Cottage The Broadway Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1SB
Received 14 Oct 2021139 Kingston Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1PD
Received 15 Oct 202110 Clerics Walk Shepperton TW17 8JQ
Received 15 Oct 202115 Wellington Road Ashford TW15 3RN
Received 15 Oct 202115 New Park Road Ashford TW15 1EG
Received 13 Oct 2021Eldorado/Drake House Drake Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2AW
Received 15 Oct 202128 Ash Road Shepperton TW17 0DN
Received 15 Oct 202189 Vicarage Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7QB
Received 14 Oct 2021405 Staines Road West Ashford TW15 1RB
Received 16 Oct 2021Sphinx Pharaohs Island Shepperton TW17 9LN
Received 18 Oct 2021Elizabeth Court Elizabeth Gardens Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5LQ
Received 16 Oct 20216 Thornbank Close Stanwell Moor Staines-upon-Thames TW19 6AL
Received 17 Oct 2021133 Thames Side Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2JA
Received 18 Oct 2021362 Kingston Road Ashford TW15 3SF
Received 18 Oct 2021Greentiles Elmsway Ashford TW15 2SH
Received 18 Oct 2021Trident House Clare Road Stanwell TW19 7QU
Received 18 Oct 202149 Desford Way Ashford TW15 3AS
Received 18 Oct 202149 Desford Way Ashford TW15 3AS
Received 18 Oct 20216 Woodthorpe Road Ashford TW15 2RY
Received 19 Oct 202135 Pavilion Gardens Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1LS
Received 18 Oct 20217 Jessiman Terrace Shepperton TW17 0BQ
Received 15 Oct 202187 Groveley Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7JZ
Received 19 Oct 202113 Pinewood Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6SH
Received 19 Oct 2021Glencoe House Drake Avenue Staines TW18 2AW
Received 19 Oct 2021Records 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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