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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6,844 approved · 1,160 refused · 276 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Ferndale Road Ashford TW15 3PJ
Received 31 Oct 2022Tudor Rose 25 Laleham Reach Chertsey Surrey KT16 8RR
Received 2 Nov 202256 Edinburgh Drive Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1PH
Received 3 Nov 202219 Sidney Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4LP
Received 3 Nov 202225 Gaston Way Shepperton TW17 8EZ
Received 3 Nov 202218 Cherry Tree Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1JF
Received 3 Nov 202225 Gaston Way Shepperton TW17 8EZ
Received 3 Nov 202227 Ford Close Ashford TW15 3SB
Received 4 Nov 202244 Sidney Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4LX
Received 4 Nov 2022182 Ashridge Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7RS
Received 4 Nov 2022Elizabeth House 56 - 60 London Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4HB
Received 4 Nov 202254 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5ES
Received 7 Nov 20227 Cambria Court Church Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4XY
Received 7 Nov 20221 The Hythe Staines-upon-thames Surrey TW18 3JF
Received 7 Nov 202287 Groveley Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7JZ
Received 7 Nov 202262 Minsterley Avenue Shepperton TW17 8QT
Received 7 Nov 20224 Abbey Mews Abbey Drive Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1SH
Received 8 Nov 2022Development Site At Former The Old Telephone Exchange Elmsleigh Road Staines-upon-Thames
Received 9 Nov 202281 Alexandra Road Ashford TW15 1TW
Received 9 Nov 202221 Northfield Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2SP
Received 9 Nov 2022Broomfield Octavia Way Staines-upon-Thames Surrey TW18 2QD
Received 9 Nov 2022River Thames Scheme
Received 8 Nov 202246A Kenilworth Road Ashford TW15 3EL
Received 9 Nov 2022102 Spelthorne Lane Ashford TW15 1UH
Received 9 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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