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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.
7,428 approved · 1,267 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Scotts Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7HZ
Received 26 Apr 2023Land Adjacent To Burnside Horton Road Stanwell Moor Staines-upon-Thames TW19 6BQ
Received 26 Apr 20235 Elm Tree Close Ashford TW15 2HP
Received 26 Apr 20235 Elm Tree Close Ashford TW15 2HP
Received 26 Apr 2023Broad Oak Sunbury-On-Thames Surrey TW16 7RQ
Received 26 Apr 202390 Manor Lane Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6JB
Received 26 Apr 202338 Village Way Ashford TW15 2LB
Received 27 Apr 202318 Home Farm Close Shepperton TW17 8RP
Received 28 Apr 2023Rowland Hill Almshouses Feltham Hill Road Ashford TW15 2DS
Received 28 Apr 2023Haylat Court 64 Desford Way Ashford Surrey TW15 3AT
Received 28 Apr 202333 Ashford Crescent Ashford TW15 3EF
Received 2 May 2023Little Stoatswold 43 Lower Hampton Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PR
Received 1 May 202329 Junction Road Ashford TW15 1NJ
Received 1 May 20236 Sutherland Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6LJ
Received 1 May 2023Little Stoatswold 43 Lower Hampton Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PR
Received 1 May 20232A Loudwater Close Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6DE
Received 1 May 202312 Minsterley Avenue Shepperton TW17 8QT
Received 2 May 202310 Shepperton Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1SD
Received 28 Apr 20234 Lord Knyvett Close Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7PF
Received 28 Apr 202324 Stanwell Road Ashford TW15 3ER
Received 2 May 2023381 Staines Road West Ashford TW15 1RH
Received 2 May 2023Land Adjacent To 1 Hillview Cottages Moor Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4YX
Received 3 May 2023Dutch Barn Close Stanwell TW19 7NG
Received 3 May 202320A Chaucer Road Ashford TW15 2QT
Received 3 May 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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