Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
7,391 approved · 1,263 refused · 289 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Spelthorne Lane Ashford TW15 1UJ
Received 12 Apr 2023Land To South Of New Road Littleton Shepperton
Received 12 Apr 2023Land To South Of New Road Littleton Shepperton
Received 12 Apr 202352 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5ES
Received 12 Apr 202330 Lansdowne Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1HQ
Received 12 Apr 202329 Vicarage Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7QF
Received 12 Apr 2023Eden Grove 17 - 51 London Road Staines-upon-Thames
Received 12 Apr 2023Eden Grove 17 - 51 London Road Staines-upon-Thames
Received 12 Apr 202349 Hengrove Crescent Ashford TW15 3DF
Received 13 Apr 202361 Brightside Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1NF
Received 13 Apr 2023Eden Grove 17 - 51 London Road Staines-upon-Thames
Received 13 Apr 2023Eden Grove 17 - 51 London Road Staines-upon-Thames
Received 13 Apr 20232A Manor Lane Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5ED
Received 13 Apr 202340 Park Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7NY
Received 14 Apr 202336 Parkland Grove Ashford TW15 2JR
Received 14 Apr 2023Halliford School Russell Road Shepperton TW17 9HX
Received 14 Apr 202323 Adelaide Road Ashford TW15 3LL
Received 17 Apr 20232 Brackenwood Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6SQ
Received 17 Apr 202341 Junction Road Ashford TW15 1NJ
Received 17 Apr 2023Land At Queen Mary Quarry Ashford Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1QF
Received 12 Apr 2023Workshop 43 Ashford Road Ashford TW15 1UE
Received 18 Apr 2023Elizabeth Court Elizabeth Gardens Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5LQ
Received 18 Apr 202341 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5HY
Received 18 Apr 2023Renshaw Estate 28 Mill Mead Staines-upon-Thames
Received 19 Apr 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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