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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.
6,833 approved · 1,159 refused · 276 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 Booth Drive Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1PR
Received 30 Sept 2022232 Feltham Road Ashford TW15 1AS
Received 3 Oct 202248 Wrens Avenue Ashford TW15 1AP
Received 3 Oct 2022143 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5EQ
Received 3 Oct 2022Works Langley Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2EJ
Received 3 Oct 202232 Green Lane Shepperton TW17 8DR
Received 3 Oct 202223 Nettlefold Place Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6BD
Received 3 Oct 202229 Meadway Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2PW
Received 3 Oct 20221 St Pinnock Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2HX
Received 3 Oct 202296 Green Lane Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7PH
Received 4 Oct 2022Sunnybanks Chertsey Road Shepperton TW17 9LA
Received 4 Oct 2022Osmanstead Condor Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1UG
Received 4 Oct 2022Shell Ashford Manor 102 Fordbridge Road Surrey Ashford TW15 3RX
Received 4 Oct 2022Retail Warehouse Stanwell Road Ashford Surrey TW15 3DT
Received 4 Oct 202254 Hawkewood Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6HJ
Received 4 Oct 20222 Darby Crescent Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5LB
Received 4 Oct 202234 Bruce Avenue Shepperton TW17 9DW
Received 4 Oct 202211 St Margarets Avenue Ashford TW15 1DR
Received 5 Oct 202222 Kestrel Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4RU
Received 5 Oct 2022Ashford Sports Club Short Lane Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7BQ
Received 5 Oct 2022107 Kenilworth Road Ashford TW15 3EN
Received 6 Oct 202211 St Margarets Avenue Ashford TW15 1DR
Received 6 Oct 2022River Thames Scheme - EIA Scoping Spelthorne Borough Council Knowle Green Staines-upon-Thames
Received 6 Oct 202276 Old Charlton Road Shepperton TW17 8BS
Received 6 Oct 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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