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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.
7,742 approved · 1,317 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
96 Wheatsheaf Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2LN
Received 12 Dec 2023218 Ashridge Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7RS
Received 11 Dec 2023Renshaw Estate 28 Mill Mead Staines-upon-Thames
Received 12 Dec 2023193 London Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4HR
Received 12 Dec 202320 Hannibal Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7HH
Received 12 Dec 202361 High Street Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7LJ
Received 13 Dec 202312 Watersplash Road Shepperton TW17 0EX
Received 13 Dec 202318 Grosvenor Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2RW
Received 11 Dec 20238 Gordon Road Shepperton TW17 8JT
Received 14 Dec 2023131 International Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7HR
Received 14 Dec 202349 Longford Way Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7SL
Received 14 Dec 202322 Batavia Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5NB
Received 14 Dec 2023Elm Court Grangewood Drive Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7DJ
Received 14 Dec 202312 Brook Close Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7AW
Received 15 Dec 2023Fir Tree Place Church Road Ashford TW15 2PH
Received 15 Dec 202390 Manor Lane Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6JB
Received 15 Dec 202339 Gaston Way Shepperton TW17 8EZ
Received 18 Dec 2023Fordway Centre Stanwell Road Ashford TW15 3DU
Received 18 Dec 2023Stanwell Health And Community Centre Hadrian Way Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7HE
Received 18 Dec 20231A Parkwood Grove Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6QW
Received 18 Dec 20231 Hallows Grove Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7LP
Received 19 Dec 202353 Orchard Way Ashford TW15 3AU
Received 13 Dec 202323 Springfield Road Ashford TW15 2LR
Received 19 Dec 20237 Fontmell Park Ashford TW15 2NP
Received 20 Dec 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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