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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.
7,286 approved · 1,230 refused · 287 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 London Road Ashford TW14 8RW
Received 24 Feb 20231 Haven Road Ashford TW15 2HR
Received 24 Feb 2023Access From Woodthorpe Road To Fordbridge Park Ashford
Received 24 Feb 2023123 Manygate Lane Shepperton TW17 9EP
Received 24 Feb 20238A Ashgrove Road Ashford TW15 1NU
Received 24 Feb 202310 Dorset Road Ashford TW15 3BY
Received 24 Feb 202363 Metcalf Road Ashford TW15 1HB
Received 24 Feb 202353 Orchard Way Ashford TW15 3AU
Received 24 Feb 202353 Walton Bridge Road Shepperton TW17 8LX
Received 24 Feb 202345 Leacroft Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4PB
Received 24 Feb 202323 Alexandra Road Ashford TW15 1TW
Received 27 Feb 202323 Bramwell Close Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PU
Received 27 Feb 202317A Queensway Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6HA
Received 27 Feb 2023133 Thames Side Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2JA
Received 27 Feb 2023Garages To The East Of 3 Bracken Court Station Approach Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6SA
Received 27 Feb 202331 Lois Drive Shepperton TW17 8BD
Received 27 Feb 202397 Village Way Ashford TW15 2JY
Received 27 Feb 202385A Church Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4XS
Received 27 Feb 202312 Home Farm Close Shepperton TW17 8RP
Received 27 Feb 202315 Fordbridge Road Ashford TW15 2TD
Received 27 Feb 20234 Barton Close Shepperton TW17 9AQ
Received 28 Feb 202313 Stanwell Gardens Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7JY
Received 28 Feb 202348 St Nicholas Drive Shepperton TW17 9LD
Received 28 Feb 2023Plane Tree Blacksmiths Lane Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1UB
Received 28 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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