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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.
7,461 approved · 1,271 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Chestnut Manor Close Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1AQ
Received 18 May 2023Brookside 2 Spout Lane Stanwell Moor Staines-upon-Thames TW19 6BN
Received 18 May 202314 Southern Cottages Horton Road Stanwell Moor Staines-upon-Thames TW19 6AG
Received 18 May 202331 Bravington Close Shepperton TW17 0JG
Received 18 May 202324 Viola Avenue Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7SB
Received 19 May 202312 Woodlands Parade Ashford TW15 1QD
Received 19 May 2023Petrol Filling Station Fordbridge Road Ashford TW15 3RX
Received 19 May 202390 Town Lane Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7PE
Received 19 May 2023Admiral Hawke Public House 81 Green Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6RD
Received 19 May 20238 Vereker Drive Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6HF
Received 19 May 202310 Dorset Road Ashford TW15 3BY
Received 22 May 2023Burway House Ferry Lane Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1SP
Received 22 May 20236 Approach Road Ashford TW15 1NG
Received 22 May 20238 York Close Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1GA
Received 22 May 202348 Knightsbridge Crescent Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2QR
Received 22 May 20232 Anderson Drive Ashford TW15 1BE
Received 22 May 202356 Stanwell Road Ashford TW15 3DU
Received 22 May 202310 Sunbury Court Island Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PP
Received 22 May 20238 Sunmead Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6PE
Received 22 May 20236 St Hildas Avenue Ashford TW15 3QZ
Received 22 May 2023117 Groveley Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7JZ
Received 23 May 2023Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 23 May 2023Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 23 May 202315 Station Road Ashford TW15 2UP
Received 23 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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