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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 dates11,887Searchable applications
215Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 9,654 approved or refused records
1,424Refused applications
8,230 approved · 1,424 refused · 342 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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)24/01075/CAA
Manygate Lane Conservation Area appraisal.
Manygate Lane Conservation Area Appraisal
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01076/CAA
Shepperton Conservation Area appraisal and boundary revisions.
Shepperton Conservation Area Appraisal
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01077/CAA
Stanwell Conservation Area appraisal and boundary revisions.
Stanwell Conservation Area Appraisal
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01078/CAA
Upper Halliford Conservation Area appraisal and boundary revisions.
Upper Halliford Conservation Area Appraisal
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01080/HOU
Alterations to existing dwelling to change the front entrance and change the facade to render finish
134 Vicarage Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7TZ
Received 5 Sept 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01081/FUL
The installation of concrete surfacing to widen a site access road (retrospective) together with the construction of a surface water attenuation basin on land to the north of Chertsey Road, Shepperton (south eastern area of the site).
Riverscroft Chertsey Road Shepperton TW17 9NY
Received 5 Sept 2024 - Decided (Refused)24/01082/FUL
Change of use from car sales (Sui generis) to a mixed use of car sales and commercial kitchen (Sui generis) and installation of an extraction system as shown on plans numbered location plan, block plan and 23/Mou/01 X2 - Existing elevation and existing floor plans received on 6 September 2024 and amended plans numbered 23/Mou/11, 21 and 31 received on 6 November 2024.
172 Feltham Hill Road Ashford TW15 1LF
Received 5 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01083/CPD
Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed development of a single storey side extension, plus a loft conversion to include two no. hip to gable extensions, a rear facing dormer and 3 no. front facing rooflights, plus the construction of an outbuilding in the rear garden.
25 Junction Road Ashford TW15 1NJ
Received 6 Sept 2024 - Decided (Refused)24/01084/FUL
Proposed retention of an existing car park for the use of NISA customers and mesh boundary fence.
32 - 34 Feltham Road Ashford TW15 1DL
Received 6 Sept 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01085/HOU
Proposed pitched roof over existing front / side extension
29 Ashurst Drive Shepperton TW17 0JH
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01086/HOU
Erection of a single storey rear extension and internal alterations (following demolition of existing conservatory)
10 Knightsbridge Crescent Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2QR
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01087/HOU
Erection of a single storey front porch with roof extended over existing window bay.
246 Feltham Hill Road Ashford TW15 1LN
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decided (Refused)24/01088/FUL
Subdivision of plot along with erection of a two storey side extension to accommodate stairs/entrance and erection of a single storey rear extension along with the installation of a rear facing Juliet balcony to 1st floor with internal changes to allow conversion of existing house to form 2 flats with associated bins, cycle parking and rear amenity space (following demolition of existing single storey rear extension).
6 Ashridge Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7RW
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01089/FUL
Demolition of existing office buildings, and construction of 35 new residential units together with Class E (Commercial, Business and Service), associated amenity and parking.
5-7 & 9 Station Approach & 21 Woodthorpe Road Ashford TW15 2QN
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decided24/00150/DC1
Discharge of Condition 9 (Contaminated land), pursuant to planning application 24/00150/FUL
Delmonde 16 Willow Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6BT
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01092/HOU
Erection of a single storey front extension
21 Anvil Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6NQ
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01093/HOU
Erection of a front porch
272 Feltham Hill Road Ashford TW15 1LN
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01094/PDH
Prior Approval Notification for a single storey rear extension extending 5 metres beyond the rear wall of the original house, with a maximum height of 4 metres and a height of 2.5 metres to the eaves. (as shown on plan no's LP01, EX300 P1, and EX100 P1 rec'd 10.09.2024, GA100 P4, GA300 P4 rec'd 18.09.2024 and GA101 P2 rec'd 28.10.204)
1 Pinewood Drive Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2DB
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01095/HOU
Replacement roofs to existing single storey rear elements and installation of AC unit with enclosure and alterations to the fenestration
38 Marlborough Road Ashford TW15 3QA
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01097/CPD
Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed development of a loft conversion to include a rear facing dormer, an outrigger dormer, a side window, one rooflight within the roof of the rear dormer and three no. front facing rooflights.
18 Chaucer Road Ashford TW15 2QT
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01099/CPD
Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed development of a loft conversion to include a hip to gable extension and a rear facing dormer, removal of the chimney stack, plus the development of a single storey rear extension, following demolition of the existing conservatory.
29 Warren Road Ashford TW15 1TU
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided (Refused)24/01100/FUL
Change of use of land to car sales (Sui Generis) and retention of a purpose-built office building and WC (part retrospective) as shown on drawings numbered 3785/03/JG and 04/JG received on 11 September and drawings numbered 3785/01/JG, 02/JG and 02b/JG received on 4 October 2024.
Land Rear Of 337 Staines Road West Ashford TW15 1RP
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided (Approved)24/01101/HOU
Part replacement of property on riverside with raised finished floor level (FFL) above flood level, and taller roof.
Sans Souci 35 Hamhaugh Island Shepperton TW17 9LP
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided24/01102/CPD
Certifcate of lawfulness for proposed extension to Ashford Hospital to create the Macmillan Wellness Centre (see covering letter)
Ashford Hospital London Road Ashford TW15 3AA
Received 11 Sept 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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