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Planning application documents: what to read first
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Spelthorne Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Spelthorne Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates11,351Searchable applications
207Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 9,212 approved or refused records
1,335Refused applications
7,877 approved · 1,335 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Building ControlContact planning Contact the Planning DepartmentLocal plan Strategic planning and Spelthorne local planPre-application advice Pre application adviceConservation areas Staines conservation areaArticle 4 directions Article 4 directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanningdm@spelthorne.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesPlanning.Policy@spelthorne.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas8 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas4 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decided23/00173/DC3
Discharge of conditions relating to planning permission 23/00173/RVCCondition 2 (materials), Condition 10 (bike storage), Condition 20 (pergolas), Condition 21 (obscure glazing),
Former Builders Merchant Moor Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4YN
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00159/HOU
Erection of a front extension and conversion of garage to habitable accommodation
7 St Margarets Avenue Ashford TW15 1DR
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00160/HOU
Erection of single storey side and rear extension and replace garage doors with a single door
Glenmor Moor Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW19 6EB
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00161/CPD
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development of a loft conversion to include a hip to gable extension, a rear dormer, a side window and one front facing roof light.
30 Lansdowne Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1HQ
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00162/FUL
Change of use of land for water undertaking to provide booster pumping station, including motor control centre panel, surge vessels, concrete plinth, internal road with bollards, perimeter fencing and gates.
Land To The South Of Horton Road Stanwell Moor TW19 6AF
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided23/00681/DC2
Details pursuant to condition 8 (contamination) reserved from 23/00681/FUL.
Sunnybank Sandhills Meadow Shepperton TW17 9HY
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided23/01449/DC1
Discharge of condition 7 (Cycle Parking) relating to planning permission 23/01449/FUL
Saxon House Downside Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6RT
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00164/HOU
Erection of proposed first floor side extension and part two storey, part single storey rear extensions.
16 Nursery Gardens Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6LQ
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided22/00591/DC10
Discharge of Condition 29 (bird hazard management plan) reserved from planning permission 22/00591/FUL.
Renshaw Estate 28 Mill Mead Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4UQ
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00166/HOU
Erection of a single storey detached garage to the rear of the garden (following demolition of existing outbuildings).
78 Alexandra Road Ashford TW15 1SZ
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided22/00591/DC11
Discharge of Condition 10 (Contamination) reserved from planning permission 22/00591/FUL.
Renshaw Estate 28 Mill Mead Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4UQ
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Unknown24/00168/MIS
Adjoining Authority consultation from Runnymede Borough Council for erection of replacement dwelling with hard landscaping , following demolition of existing dwelling, detached garage and summer house. (Their Ref no. RU.23/1702).
Beverley 67 Laleham Reach Chertsey Surrey KT16 8RP
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Decided21/01742/DC3
Discharge of condition 8 (Surface Water Drainage Design Report) relating to planning permission 21/01742/FUL
Crownage Court 99 Staines Road West Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7AE
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00170/FUL
Provision of a rooftop extension to provide 14 apartments (resubmission of PA 21/01742/FUL)
Crownage Court 99 Staines Road West Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7FG
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided24/00171/TCA
Trees in the Lower Sunbury Conservation Area - 1 x Leyandi - in the rear garden of no. 67 Green Street - reduce crown in line with roof garage and cut back branches. 1 x Leylandi - in the rear garden no. 69 Green Street - reduce crown in line with garage fascia.
67 And 69 Green Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6RD
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00172/RVC
The variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) imposed upon planning permission 21/01171/FUL, for the erection of a single storey bungalow following the demolition of an existing garage courtyard, to allow for internal and external alterations to the bungalow, including to the ridge height and fenestration.
Land Rear Of 32-34 Commercial Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2QL
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00173/HOU
Extension to existing front porch, adjustments to garage doors, demolition of existing side lean-to extension and partial demolition of existing rear extension and conservatory to form a new single storey rear extension
29 Manor Road Ashford TW15 2SL
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00178/FUL
Erection of a fence with a trellis along the boundary wall with the neighbouring property (33 Fordbridge Road). As shown on location plan received 15.03.2024, block plan received 11.03.2024 and existing and proposed elevations of fence received 11.03.2024.
Harper House 29 - 31 Fordbridge Road Ashford TW15 2TB
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decided (Refused)24/00179/HOU
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension (following the demolition of existing side garage and side glass lean to).
22 Cecil Road Ashford TW15 1RJ
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00180/HOU
Erection of a first floor rear extension and single storey side extension with roof extension to accommodate habitable accomodation in the loft space
39 Birch Grove Shepperton TW17 8SS
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decided (Refused)24/00181/HOU
Construction of a vehicle crossover
122 Laleham Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2NP
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decided (Refused)24/00182/HOU
Erection of a two storey side and part two storey part single storey rear extension.
17 Lynegrove Avenue Ashford TW15 1EP
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00183/HOU
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of single storey side and rear extension.
4 Romney Close Ashford TW15 1EE
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decided (Refused)24/00187/T56
The installation of a new sharable 26.20m monopole mast which is collocated with an existing compound approximately 125m to the south east of the site. The development will include a base station, 2.4m high palisade fencing, 6no. operator cabinets, 1 no. electrical metre cabinet, 4no. dishes, 12no. antennas and ancillary development thereto. This is required to facilitate enhanced network coverage for the Mobile Network Operators. This multi-user structure with secure compound and upgraded power supply will enable a consolidation of equipment and in time lead to the removal of unused infrastructure from the wider site and cell area.
WR Sports Club Woodthorpe Road Ashford TW15 3JX
Received 13 Feb 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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