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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6,844 approved · 1,160 refused · 276 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
41 Church Road Ashford TW15 2TY
Received 20 Oct 2022Development Site At Former The Old Telephone Exchange Elmsleigh Road Staines-upon-Thames
Received 20 Oct 2022155 Ashford Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1RS
Received 20 Oct 202244 Kenton Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5AR
Received 21 Oct 2022Ponti Court 111-121 London Road Staines-Upon-Thames TW18 4HN
Received 21 Oct 202213 The Parade Staines Road West Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7AB
Received 21 Oct 20224 Clifford Grove Ashford TW15 2JT
Received 20 Oct 2022169 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5EH
Received 21 Oct 2022The Corner House 2 Staines Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2TE
Received 24 Oct 202278 Thames Side Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2HF
Received 24 Oct 202213 Lois Drive Shepperton TW17 8BB
Received 24 Oct 202210 Worcester Court Feltham Hill Road Ashford TW15 1HN
Received 24 Oct 202288 Convent Road Ashford TW15 2EL
Received 24 Oct 20221 Laleham Abbey Abbey Drive Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1SZ
Received 25 Oct 20221 Laleham Abbey Abbey Drive Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1SZ
Received 25 Oct 2022Anchor Cottage Church Road Shepperton TW17 9JX
Received 25 Oct 202238 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5ES
Received 25 Oct 202238 Chattern Road Ashford TW15 1AF
Received 25 Oct 202234 Short Lane Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7BQ
Received 25 Oct 202234 Short Lane Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7BQ
Received 25 Oct 202235 Fenton Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1DD
Received 26 Oct 2022McDonald's Drivethru Restaurant Two Rivers Retail Park Mustard Mill Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4UX
Received 26 Oct 202257 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5HY
Received 26 Oct 2022133 Thames Side Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2JA
Received 26 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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