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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.
7,255 approved · 1,220 refused · 286 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 2000 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Grosvenor Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2RN
Received 3 Feb 2023Land At Queen Mary Quarry, West Of Queen Mary Reservoir Ashford Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1QF
Received 3 Feb 20231 New Parade Church Road Ashford TW15 2UF
Received 7 Feb 202333 Chessholme Road Ashford TW15 1LQ
Received 7 Feb 202326 Burgoyne Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7PR
Received 8 Feb 2023133 Thames Side Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2JA
Received 8 Feb 202341 Wood Road Shepperton TW17 0DL
Received 8 Feb 2023Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 8 Feb 2023Halliford Manor House Halliford Road Shepperton TW17 8RU
Received 8 Feb 202335 Dane Road Ashford TW15 1QJ
Received 8 Feb 202335 Dane Road Ashford TW15 1QJ
Received 8 Feb 202344 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5ES
Received 9 Feb 20238 Fontmell Close Ashford TW15 2NN
Received 9 Feb 20235 Marlborough Road Ashford TW15 3PZ
Received 9 Feb 2023Land At Queen Mary Quarry Ashford Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1QF
Received 10 Feb 2023Renshaw Estate 28 Mill Mead Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4UQ
Received 10 Feb 2023155 French Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5JY
Received 10 Feb 20234 Heathlands Close Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6PA
Received 10 Feb 202330 Parkside Place Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2QZ
Received 13 Feb 20235 Gibson Place Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7NW
Received 13 Feb 2023Sunbury Sports Association Lower Hampton Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PS
Received 13 Feb 2023136 Staines Road East Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5AY
Received 13 Feb 20232 Milton Drive Shepperton TW17 0JJ
Received 13 Feb 2023South Site BP International Chertsey Road Ashford TW16 7LN
Received 13 Feb 2023Records 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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