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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 dates11,443Searchable applications
215Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 9,279 approved or refused records
1,351Refused applications
7,928 approved · 1,351 refused · 324 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 2000 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided (Approved)24/00384/HOU
Erection of a single storey rear extension, a first floor side extension and a part garage conversion
99 Pavilion Gardens Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1LT
Received 26 Mar 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00385/HOU
Erection of a part two storey part single storey side extension.
Spring Field The Rowans Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7QG
Received 26 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00386/CPD
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development of a loft conversion to include a hip to gable extension, a rear dormer and three no. front facing roof lights.
125 Hithermoor Road Stanwell Moor Staines-upon-Thames TW19 6AU
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00389/HOU
Erection of a single storey side extension as previously approved under planning ref 18/01650/HOU
8A Elizabethan Close Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7QL
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00390/HOU
Erection of a two storey side extension, following demolition of existing garage.
4 Lucan Drive Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1QS
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00391/HOU
Erection of a single storey rear extension
405 Staines Road West Ashford TW15 1RB
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decided (Refused)24/00392/PAP
Prior Approval notification for the erection of two floors of residential flats on top of the existing detached block of flats. The proposed third and fourth floor extension would consist of 4 apartments per floor (8 in total) with associated parking and refuse facilities.
1 Maynard Court Rosefield Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4QD
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00393/HOU
Erection of a single storey side extension following demolition of existing garage
27 Viscount Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7RD
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided24/00394/CPD
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed development of a single storey rear extension incorporating two skylights, following demolition of existing rear extension.
62 Heathcroft Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7TN
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Withdrawn24/00396/HOU
Erection of a first floor part single storey rear extension and partial conversion of existing garage.
32 Stratton Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6PQ
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00397/FUL
Installation of a new roller shutter door to the rear elevation
Units N5 And N6 Two Rivers Retail Park Mustard Mill Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4WA
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00398/FUL
Replacement of single dwelling (recently demolished) with three dwellings
10 Squires Road Shepperton TW17 0LQ
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00399/HOU
Erection of rear extension and front porch extension
2 Whiteways Court Pavilion Gardens Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1HL
Received 1 Apr 2024 - Decided (Prior Approval not required)24/00400/PDH
Prior Approval Notification for a single storey rear extension extending 6 metres beyond the rear wall of the original house, with a maximum height of 3.96 metres and an eaves height of 2.51 metres. (As shown on plan A108) Following removal of existing conservatory.
9 Brook Close Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7AW
Received 1 Apr 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00404/FUL
Two storey external lift shaft infill extension to the existing fire lobby.
Meadow View Glebeland Gardens Shepperton TW17 9DH
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00405/CPD
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development of a loft conversion to include a hip to gable extension, a rear dormer and three front facing roof lights.
155 Petersfield Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1DH
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00406/FUL
Erection of part two storey part single storey side extension and two storey rear extensions to both properties. Demolition of existing garage at 18 Ravendale Road. Revision to the previously approved application 23/01010/FUL. (joint application)
18 - 20 Ravendale Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6PJ
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00407/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension to provide 5 no new bedrooms and lobby. Removal of outbuilding and reduction in size of another outbuilding. (amended description - replacement conservatory removed)
Glebe House The Broadway Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1SB
Received 1 Apr 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00409/HOU
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
47 Celia Crescent Ashford TW15 3NP
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00410/FUL
Construction of additional storey on top of existing building to create 6 new residential units.
The Clock House Station Approach Shepperton TW17 8AJ
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00411/FUL
Proposed demolition of existing fire damaged property and outbuildings and proposed new apartment complex comprising 9 no. apartments with integral car and bicycle parking, refuse and recycling storage, landscaping and amenity together with altered vehicular access point from Laleham Road.
Staines Ex Servicemens Club 6 Laleham Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2DX
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00476/RVC
Variation of plan number Condition 20, of Planning Permission ref. 20/01367/FUL for the demolition of most of the existing building, with the retention of much of the front elevation and all the west elevation; reconstruct building behind retained facades with extensions to side and rear to provide a total of 6 residential units (Class C3) with a ground floor unit (Class E), and associated parking spaces. (amended to 4 residential units under Non-Material Amendment ref. 20/01367/AMD) to substitute the approved plans to show changes to the layout to provide 4 flats, along with some changes to the elevations including a new front dormer and installation of photovoltaic solar panels, along with a set of accurate plans and elevations to regularise what is on site and proposed given the approved plans have been found to be inaccurate.
Dart House Thames Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6AG
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decided23/01286/AMD
Non Material Amendment to planning application no. 23/01286/FUL for redecorating existing columns rather than cladding,replacement windows, in UPVC rather than Aluminum, new replacement external lighting and emergency lighting to rear of retail units,. New Louvres to Rear of Retail Units. New external Service Riser Solid Core Timber door, updated layout of cycle Store to provide 5 spaces and Thurlestone Close internal entrance internal lobby layout updated.
London Care Plc 5 Shepperton House 2 - 4 Green Lane Shepperton TW17 8DN
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decided24/00414/CPD
Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed single storey rear extension. Garage conversion to create habitable space, for use as an office, with associated bricking up of garage door and insertion of window.
Red Roofs Approach Road Ashford TW15 1NG
Received 3 Apr 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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