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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6,844 approved · 1,160 refused · 276 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
The Folly Towpath Shepperton TW17 9LJ
Received 26 Oct 20228 Ferry Lane Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1SW
Received 26 Oct 2022Benwell House Green Street Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey TW16 6QS
Received 26 Oct 20226 Ashurst Drive Shepperton TW17 0JL
Received 26 Oct 202289 Briar Road Shepperton TW17 0JB
Received 26 Oct 2022172 Worple Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1EQ
Received 27 Oct 20226 Woodthorpe Road Ashford TW15 2RY
Received 27 Oct 202293 School Road Ashford TW15 2AL
Received 27 Oct 20221 Knapp Road Ashford Surrey TW15 2HZ
Received 28 Oct 202210 Sunbury Court Island Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PP
Received 28 Oct 2022Kristaval 47 Lower Hampton Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PR
Received 28 Oct 20226 London Road Ashford TW14 8RW
Received 31 Oct 2022Staines Road West Grass Verge Of Staines Road West Littleton Common Charlton TW16 7BJ
Received 31 Oct 2022Rivermead House Thames Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5QN
Received 31 Oct 2022Willow Cottage Birkholme Lower Hampton Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PR
Received 1 Nov 202220 Home Farm Close Shepperton TW17 8RP
Received 1 Nov 202220 Penton Hook Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2PF
Received 1 Nov 2022Land Rear Of 31 To 33 Vicarage Road Sunbury On Thames TW16 7QF
Received 1 Nov 20222A Loudwater Close Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6DE
Received 1 Nov 202268 Wolsey Road Ashford TW15 2RB
Received 1 Nov 202268 Wolsey Road Ashford TW15 2RB
Received 2 Nov 202228 Hithermoor Road Stanwell Moor Staines-upon-Thames TW19 6AJ
Received 2 Nov 2022Land At Station Road Shepperton Surrey TW17 8AU
Received 2 Nov 2022BP Research Centre Chertsey Road Ashford TW16 7LN
Received 2 Nov 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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