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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.
7,578 approved · 1,293 refused · 294 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Orchard Way Ashford TW15 3AU
Received 31 Jul 2023Phones 4 U Unit Sue Norris Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4UP
Received 31 Jul 2023Phones 4 U Unit Sue Norris Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4UP
Received 31 Jul 202317 Meadow Road Ashford TW15 1PL
Received 1 Aug 202337 Woodthorpe Road Ashford TW15 2RP
Received 1 Aug 20232 Victory Close Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7BU
Received 1 Aug 202361 Roper Crescent Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5BA
Received 1 Aug 202369 Fordbridge Road Ashford TW15 2SS
Received 2 Aug 202362 Ashgrove Road Ashford TW15 1PD
Received 2 Aug 202314 Linden Way Shepperton TW17 8BW
Received 2 Aug 20231 Elmsway Ashford TW15 2SH
Received 1 Aug 2023Glen Court Riverside Road Staines-upon-Thames
Received 4 Aug 202324 Stanwell Road Ashford TW15 3ER
Received 2 Aug 202310 Courtfield Road Ashford TW15 1JR
Received 4 Aug 2023337 Staines Road West Ashford TW15 1RP
Received 4 Aug 2023211 Clare Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7EF
Received 4 Aug 202337 Scotts Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7HY
Received 7 Aug 2023151 Shaftesbury Crescent Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1QN
Received 7 Aug 20231 Maynard Court Rosefield Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4QD
Received 7 Aug 2023Property Personnel Limited 159A High Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4PA
Received 7 Aug 2023Flats 4 And 9 Lidstone Court 48 Littleton Road Ashford TW15 1UQ
Received 7 Aug 20239 Chestnut Walk Shepperton TW17 8QR
Received 7 Aug 202316 Short Lane Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7BQ
Received 8 Aug 20238 Sunmead Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6PE
Received 8 Aug 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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