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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.
6,844 approved · 1,160 refused · 276 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Elmsway Ashford TW15 2SH
Received 10 Oct 202244 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5ES
Received 10 Oct 2022Dart House Thames Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6AG
Received 10 Oct 202238 Meadway Ashford TW15 2TH
Received 10 Oct 20222 Saxonbury Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5HP
Received 10 Oct 20222 Saxonbury Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5HP
Received 10 Oct 202279 High Street Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7LJ
Received 10 Oct 202232 Gordon Road Ashford TW15 3EU
Received 10 Oct 202233 Maryland Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6HN
Received 11 Oct 2022Retail Warehouse Stanwell Road Ashford TW15 3DT
Received 11 Oct 2022109 Feltham Hill Road Ashford TW15 1HE
Received 11 Oct 20228 Balmoral Grange Thames Side Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2JJ
Received 11 Oct 2022Builders Merchant Moor Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4YN
Received 11 Oct 202237 Wolsey Road Ashford TW15 2RA
Received 11 Oct 202216 Hurstdene Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1HZ
Received 11 Oct 2022The Bungalow Stanwell Place Horton Road Stanwell Moor Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7NS
Received 12 Oct 2022The Wheatsheaf Public House Park Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7PB
Received 12 Oct 202215 Grosvenor Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2RN
Received 7 Oct 2022Portland House Darby Gardens Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5JW
Received 12 Oct 202212 Smallholdings Clockhouse Lane Ashford TW15 2HB
Received 12 Oct 2022Willow Creek Mill Creek Court Chertsey Road Shepperton TW17 9LA
Received 12 Oct 20226 Ivy Close Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5JX
Received 13 Oct 20226 Laleham Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2DX
Received 13 Oct 2022The Range Dockett Eddy Lane Shepperton TW17 9NT
Received 13 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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