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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.
8,719 approved · 1,518 refused · 371 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 2000 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
Ferry Cottage Thames Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6AA
Received 16 Jan 2025WHSmith 49 - 51 High Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4QR
Received 17 Jan 202533 Halliford Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6DP
Received 20 Jan 202532 Green Lane Shepperton TW17 8DR
Received 20 Jan 2025177 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5EH
Received 21 Jan 202591 Heathcroft Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7SR
Received 21 Jan 202591 Heathcroft Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7SR
Received 21 Jan 2025Oxford Row Thames Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5QY
Received 21 Jan 2025Eden Grove 17 - 51 London Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4EX
Received 22 Jan 202525 Edward Way Ashford TW15 3AY
Received 22 Jan 202581 Alexandra Road Ashford TW15 1TW
Received 22 Jan 2025Street Record Lark Avenue Staines-upon-Thames
Received 22 Jan 20252 Elsinore Avenue Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7SX
Received 23 Jan 202536 Kenton Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5AR
Received 23 Jan 20257 St Margarets Avenue Ashford TW15 1DR
Received 23 Jan 202513 Linden Way Shepperton TW17 8BW
Received 23 Jan 2025Scout And Guides Hall Groveley Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW13 4PL
Received 23 Jan 202561 Gordon Close Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1AP
Received 23 Jan 2025Land At Orchard Close Ashford
Received 24 Jan 202551 Worple Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1HY
Received 24 Jan 202512 Lois Drive Shepperton TW17 8BE
Received 27 Jan 2025169 Manygate Lane Shepperton TW17 9ER
Received 27 Jan 202546 Desford Way Ashford TW15 3AT
Received 27 Jan 202537 Clarendon Road Ashford TW15 2QH
Received 27 Jan 2025Records 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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