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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 dates11,648Searchable applications
215Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 9,458 approved or refused records
1,383Refused applications
8,075 approved · 1,383 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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)24/00790/FUL
Erection of a self-storage building (Use Class B8) with associated access, landscaping, parking and circulation space.
Hitchcock And King Station Yard Stanwell Road Ashford TW15 3DT
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decided (Refused)24/00791/RVC
Variation of condition 3 (approved plans) relating to planning application 23/00858/HOU for the erection of a two storey side/rear extension, a single storey rear extension and a front porch (following demolition of existing garage) to allow for alterations to the roof to include a second floor element with a hip to gable alteration, a rear facing dormer and rooflights
15 Ashgrove Road Ashford TW15 1NS
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided (Refused)24/00792/FUL
Erection of a new 2 bedroom detached dwelling following subdivision of existing plot at 22 Norman Road and demolition of existing side extensions and garage.As shown on drawing no's: Site Location Plan; 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24 received 04.07.2024 and 1, 2, 3, 4 received 07.08.2024.
22 Norman Road Ashford TW15 1QP
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00793/HOU
Garage conversion into habitable space, with separate access via new front door.
4 Sidney Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4LX
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00794/CPD
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use of room within the property as a private hire PCO office
63 Metcalf Road Ashford TW15 1HB
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided21/00372/DC2
Discharge of condition 10 (Risk Assessment and Method Statement for the Removal of Asbestos) relating to planning permission 21/00372/FUL
Riverholme The Creek Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6BY
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decided20/01199/DC12
Discharge of condition 13 (travel plan) relating to planning permission 20/01199/FUL
Development Site At Former The Old Telephone Exchange Elmsleigh Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4PH
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00798/HOU
Erection of a first floor rear extension and infill single storey rear extension along with a new dormer on southern flank roof slope. Proposed garage conversion to form a habitable space with the replacement of existing garage door with a new window opening and alterations to existing open front porch.
22 Harfield Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PT
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00801/RVC
Retrospective application to vary condition 3 (approved plans) and 5 (no further openings) of planning permission 21/00674/HOU (for the erection of a part single storey, part two storey, rear extensions, new roof over comprising increase ridge height and installation of side rear and front facing dormers and single storey side/front extension), to retain increase in front gable height, increase in height and forward project of single storey side/front extension, increase in size of porch and other alterations.
118 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5EA
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decided21/00372/DC3
Discharge of condition 11 (demolition method statement) relating to planning permission 21/00372/FUL
Riverholme The Creek Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6BY
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Withdrawn24/00804/HOU
Erection of a part two storey part single storey side/rear extension, a part two storey part first floor side/front extension and garage conversion
6 Jamnagar Close Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2JT
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00805/HOU
Erection of a single storey rear extension and replacement flat roof to existing rear element including raising the side wall (following partial demolition of existing lean-to)
11 Glebeland Gardens Shepperton TW17 9DH
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00806/HOU
Replacement of existing boundary treatment with 2.06m tall brick wall
2 Saxonbury Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5HP
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00162/DC2
Discharge of condtion 4ii (ground investigation scope of work) relating to planning permission 24/00162/FUL
Land To The South Of Horton Road Stanwell Moor TW19 6AF
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Awaiting decision22/00194/DC2
Discharge of condition 3 (Ground Condition) relating to planning permission 22/00194/FUL
Carlton House Riverside Road Stanwell TW19 7LA
Received 9 Jul 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00812/HOU
Erection of a single storey rear extension with wood burner
4 Copperfields Cavendish Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7RE
Received 9 Jul 2024 - Decided (Refused)24/00813/HOU
Erection of single storey side and front extensions and two storey side extension. (as shown on location plan, 02, 03, 04, 05, 09, 11, 12 rec'd 10.07.2024 amd 07a, 08A and 10 rec'd 24.07.2024
49 Kenilworth Gardens Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1DW
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00814/HOU
Creation of a dropped kerb
50B School Road Ashford TW15 2AJ
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00816/TCA
Tree in Lower Sunbury Conservation Area - 1 x Maple (shown as '1' on submitted plan) to fell.
Elizabeth Court Elizabeth Gardens Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5LQ
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Decided24/00817/CPD
Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed development of an extension to the existing rear dormer.
10 Anglesey Close Ashford TW15 2JQ
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00818/HOU
Erection of a single storey side/rear infill extension following removal of existing rear infill extension.
Hazelmere Stanwell New Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4HY
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00819/FUL
Installation of new windows at first floor level on the west elevation to facilitate new office space.
49 - 51 High Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4QR
Received 11 Jul 2024 - Decided23/01515/DC3
Discharge of condition 26 (details of bin stores) relating to planning permission 23/01515/RVC
Builders Merchant Moor Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4YN
Received 12 Jul 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/00821/HOU
Erection of single storey side and rear extension (following demolition of existing conservatory)
26 Saxon Road Ashford TW15 1QL
Received 12 Jul 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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