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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.
6,799 approved · 1,156 refused · 275 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 2000 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 Viola Avenue Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7SA
Received 8 Jul 2022279 Hithermoor Road Stanwell Moor Staines-upon-Thames TW19 6AZ
Received 9 Jul 202241 Elgin Avenue Ashford TW15 1QE
Received 11 Jul 202259 Viola Avenue Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7SA
Received 11 Jul 2022181 Feltham Hill Road Ashford TW15 1HJ
Received 8 Jul 20226 Chestnut Walk Shepperton TW17 8QP
Received 11 Jul 202231 Oak Grove Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5BN
Received 11 Jul 202215 Metcalf Road Ashford TW15 1HD
Received 12 Jul 2022251 Feltham Hill Road Ashford TW15 1LU
Received 12 Jul 202231 Oak Grove Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5BN
Received 11 Jul 202225 Clyde Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7RG
Received 12 Jul 2022116 Manor Lane Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6JB
Received 11 Jul 2022128 Staines Road East Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5BB
Received 12 Jul 202231 Kenton Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5AS
Received 12 Jul 2022Footpath Adjacent To The Junction Of Horton Road And Stanwell Road Stanwell TW19 6AE
Received 12 Jul 2022Garages At Island Close Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4YZ
Received 13 Jul 2022Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 13 Jul 2022First Floor Flat 134 Clare Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7EH
Received 13 Jul 2022Land At Manor Farm, Ashford Road And Worple Road, Laleham And Land At Queen Mary Quarry, West Of Queen Mary Reservoir, Ashford Road, Laleham, Staines, Surrey
Received 14 Jul 2022Ashford Church Of England School School Road Ashford TW15 2BW
Received 14 Jul 20222 Ripston Road Ashford TW15 1PQ
Received 15 Jul 2022126 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5EA
Received 15 Jul 2022Faith Cottage The Creek Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6BY
Received 14 Jul 20222 Ripston Road Ashford TW15 1PQ
Received 14 Jul 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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