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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.
6,842 approved · 1,160 refused · 276 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
37 Vicarage Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7QD
Received 6 Oct 2022Church Island House & Chesnuts Church Island Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4YE
Received 6 Oct 202210 Bingham Drive Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1QT
Received 6 Oct 202239 Nursery Gardens Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6LQ
Received 6 Oct 202219 Broadlands Avenue Shepperton TW17 9DJ
Received 6 Oct 202219 Broadlands Avenue Shepperton TW17 9DJ
Received 7 Oct 202226 Hereford Close Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2SA
Received 7 Oct 202252 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5ES
Received 7 Oct 202274 Cranford Avenue Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7AQ
Received 7 Oct 202222 Windmill Terrace Walton Bridge Road Shepperton TW17 8ND
Received 7 Oct 202210 Dunboe Place Shepperton TW17 9HH
Received 7 Oct 202244 Wrens Avenue Ashford TW15 1AP
Received 7 Oct 202259 Portland Road Ashford TW15 3BU
Received 7 Oct 202248 Northfield Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2SR
Received 7 Oct 2022Retail Warehouse Stanwell Road Ashford TW15 3DT
Received 7 Oct 2022Retail Warehouse Stanwell Road Ashford TW15 3DT
Received 7 Oct 2022Waters Edge 55 Lower Hampton Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PR
Received 7 Oct 2022Ashill Stanwell New Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4HY
Received 10 Oct 20221 West Close Ashford TW15 3LW
Received 10 Oct 202290 Metcalf Road Ashford TW15 1HA
Received 10 Oct 20226 Willowbrook Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7AB
Received 10 Oct 202259 Feltham Road Ashford TW15 1DQ
Received 10 Oct 2022Land Rear Of 99 -111 Manygate Lane Shepperton TW17 9EP
Received 6 Oct 2022Fairwinds Temple Gardens Staines-upon-Thames TW18 3NQ
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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