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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.
7,530 approved · 1,282 refused · 292 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Portland Road Ashford TW15 3BT
Received 27 Jun 202368 High Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4DY
Received 27 Jun 202315 Linden Way Shepperton TW17 8BW
Received 27 Jun 202348 Heathcroft Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7TL
Received 27 Jun 2023The School House 20 Hale Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4UW
Received 28 Jun 202380 Cumberland Road Ashford TW15 3DB
Received 28 Jun 2023Renshaw Estate 28 Mill Mead Staines-upon-Thames
Received 28 Jun 2023Laleham Abbey Abbey Drive Laleham TW18 1SZ
Received 26 Jun 20232 Chalmers Road Ashford TW15 1DT
Received 28 Jun 20234 Brackenwood Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6SQ
Received 29 Jun 202380 Staines Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2SU
Received 29 Jun 202354 Hawkewood Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6HJ
Received 29 Jun 202318 Cherry Tree Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1JF
Received 29 Jun 2023102 Windmill Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7HB
Received 29 Jun 202316 Govett Avenue Shepperton TW17 8AA
Received 29 Jun 202314 Riverside Close Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2LW
Received 30 Jun 2023Land Rear Of 32-36 Commercial Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2QL
Received 30 Jun 202315 Darby Crescent Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5LB
Received 30 Jun 202322 Osborne Avenue Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7AF
Received 3 Jul 202353 Bramwell Close Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PU
Received 3 Jul 2023Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 3 Jul 2023Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 3 Jul 20237 Thames Gate Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2SZ
Received 4 Jul 2023Car Park To Rear Of Tesco Ashford Hospital London Road Ashford TW15 3AA
Received 4 Jul 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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