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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.
8,186 approved · 1,413 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
171 Thames Side Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2JH
Received 23 Aug 202422 Sidney Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4LX
Received 23 Aug 20248 Catherine Drive Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7TJ
Received 26 Aug 2024Elizabeth Court Elizabeth Gardens Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5LQ
Received 26 Aug 202413 Ensign Way Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7RE
Received 27 Aug 2024Coverts Cottage Abbey Drive Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1SR
Received 27 Aug 2024179 Staines Road Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2SD
Received 27 Aug 202410 Squires Road Shepperton TW17 0LQ
Received 27 Aug 2024Land Adjoining 104 Laleham Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2NP
Received 28 Aug 2024110 French Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5LE
Received 28 Aug 202418A Wheatsheaf Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2PE
Received 28 Aug 202449 Clare Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7QW
Received 28 Aug 202419 Fordbridge Road Ashford TW15 2TD
Received 28 Aug 202456 Ruggles Brise Road Ashford TW15 3LF
Received 28 Aug 202430 Thames Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6AF
Received 29 Aug 202439 Wolsey Road Ashford TW15 2RA
Received 29 Aug 202416 Hurstdene Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1HZ
Received 30 Aug 202417 Worple Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1EF
Received 30 Aug 2024Land To Rear Of 176 And 178 Feltham Road Ashford TW15 1AD
Received 30 Aug 20245 Caledonia Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7TD
Received 2 Sept 20247 Caledonia Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7TD
Received 2 Sept 202420 Brightside Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1NG
Received 2 Sept 20243 St Pinnock Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2HX
Received 2 Sept 2024Penton Court Jamnagar Close Staines-upon-Thames
Received 2 Sept 2024Records 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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