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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.
7,262 approved · 1,222 refused · 286 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Builders Merchant Moor Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4YN
Received 13 Feb 20238 Keywood Drive Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7QS
Received 14 Feb 202323 Sunna Gardens Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5EE
Received 14 Feb 2023219 Staines Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2RS
Received 14 Feb 202393 School Road Ashford TW15 2AL
Received 14 Feb 2023Riverside House Thames Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6AA
Received 14 Feb 2023160 Chesterfield Road Ashford TW15 3PT
Received 15 Feb 202310 Chestnut Grove Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1BZ
Received 15 Feb 202323 Oaks Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7JU
Received 15 Feb 202310 Kenilworth Road Ashford TW15 3EL
Received 15 Feb 2023Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton Surrey TW17 0QD
Received 15 Feb 202332 Green Lane Shepperton TW17 8DR
Received 15 Feb 202316 - 18 Church Road Ashford TW15 2UY
Received 15 Feb 20234 Barton Close Shepperton TW17 9AQ
Received 16 Feb 202356 Kingston Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4NL
Received 16 Feb 2023Scout Hut Wood Road Shepperton TW17 0DX
Received 16 Feb 2023149A Ashgrove Road Ashford TW15 1NY
Received 16 Feb 2023132 Thames Side Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2JA
Received 16 Feb 202336 Reedsfield Road Ashford TW15 2HE
Received 16 Feb 202344 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5ES
Received 17 Feb 202397 - 99 Ashford Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1RX
Received 17 Feb 2023The Folly Towpath Shepperton TW17 9LJ
Received 17 Feb 20234 Thetford Road Ashford TW15 3BW
Received 17 Feb 202315 Norman Road Ashford TW15 1QP
Received 17 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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