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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.
7,308 approved · 1,234 refused · 287 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Wheatsheaf Public House Park Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7PB
Received 8 Mar 2023Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 8 Mar 2023Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 8 Mar 2023191 Upper Halliford Road Shepperton TW17 8SN
Received 8 Mar 2023Oaks Road Reserve Stanwell Moor Road Staines TW19 7JX
Received 9 Mar 202376 Gloucester Crescent Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1PS
Received 9 Mar 202376 Gloucester Crescent Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1PS
Received 9 Mar 2023Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 9 Mar 2023Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 9 Mar 2023Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 9 Mar 202322 Church Road Ashford TW15 2UY
Received 9 Mar 202357 Leacroft Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4PB
Received 9 Mar 2023311 Kingston Road Ashford TW15 3SJ
Received 9 Mar 202315 Queensway Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6HA
Received 10 Mar 202315 Station Road Ashford TW15 2UP
Received 10 Mar 2023149A Ashgrove Road Ashford TW15 1NY
Received 10 Mar 202389 Marlborough Road Ashford TW15 3PW
Received 13 Mar 20236 Warwick Road Ashford TW15 3PG
Received 13 Mar 202324 Rooksmead Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6PD
Received 13 Mar 202312 Kempton Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5NG
Received 13 Mar 2023Fir Tree Place Church Road Ashford TW15 2PH
Received 13 Mar 202348 Elgin Avenue Ashford TW15 1QF
Received 13 Mar 202353 Nursery Gardens Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1EJ
Received 13 Mar 2023Flats 4 And 9 Lidstone Court 48 Littleton Road Ashford TW15 1UQ
Received 14 Mar 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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