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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.
7,609 approved · 1,300 refused · 296 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 2000 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Grange Gresham Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2BN
Received 21 Aug 20235 Chestnut Manor Close Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1AG
Received 21 Aug 202334 Village Way Ashford TW15 2LB
Received 22 Aug 20239 Clerics Walk Shepperton TW17 8JQ
Received 22 Aug 20239 Worple Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1ED
Received 22 Aug 202318 Grosvenor Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2RW
Received 23 Aug 202335 Seymour Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7JJ
Received 23 Aug 202335 Seymour Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7JJ
Received 23 Aug 202335 Seymour Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7JJ
Received 23 Aug 202333 Celia Crescent Ashford TW15 3NW
Received 23 Aug 202324 Squires Road Shepperton TW17 0LQ
Received 24 Aug 2023Shepperton Studios Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QD
Received 24 Aug 202330 Pinewood Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6SG
Received 24 Aug 202322 Cecil Road Ashford TW15 1RJ
Received 24 Aug 202322 Cecil Road Ashford TW15 1RJ
Received 24 Aug 202322 Cecil Road Ashford TW15 1RJ
Received 25 Aug 2023Land Rear Of 32-36 Commercial Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2QL
Received 25 Aug 2023Park House 17 - 19 Park Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5BX
Received 25 Aug 202390 Staines Road East Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5BB
Received 25 Aug 2023Battle Crease Hall Russell Road Shepperton TW17 8JW
Received 28 Aug 2023St Ignatius Roman Catholic Primary School Green Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6QG
Received 29 Aug 2023Grass Verge At Junction Of Squires Bridge Road And Studios Road Shepperton TW17 0QB
Received 29 Aug 202329 Hengrove Crescent Ashford TW15 3DF
Received 29 Aug 2023Halliford Court The Green Shepperton TW17 8QZ
Received 29 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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