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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.
8,760 approved · 1,525 refused · 371 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Verge Opposite The Coverts Abbey Drive Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1SR
Received 27 Jan 202515 Lindsay Drive Shepperton TW17 8JU
Received 27 Jan 2025Sunnybank Sandhills Meadow Shepperton TW17 9HY
Received 28 Jan 2025Sunnybank Sandhills Meadow Shepperton TW17 9HY
Received 28 Jan 202547-49 Clare Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7QW
Received 28 Jan 202533 Feltham Road Ashford TW15 1DQ
Received 28 Jan 202580 Squires Bridge Road Shepperton TW17 0QA
Received 29 Jan 2025322 Kingston Road Ashford TW15 3SF
Received 29 Jan 2025Former Brooklands College 4 Willis House Pitcher Lane Ashford TW15 2DN
Received 29 Jan 2025Former Brooklands College Willis House 4 Pitcher Lane Ashford TW15 2DN
Received 29 Jan 2025Former Brooklands College Willis House 4 Pitcher Lane Ashford TW15 2DN
Received 29 Jan 202559 Station Crescent Ashford TW15 3HX
Received 29 Jan 202545 Harrow Road Ashford TW14 8RT
Received 30 Jan 202533 Acacia Avenue Shepperton TW17 0AZ
Received 30 Jan 202578 Ashford Crescent Ashford TW15 3EB
Received 30 Jan 20253 Old Forge Crescent Shepperton TW17 9BT
Received 30 Jan 20254 The Vale Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7SD
Received 31 Jan 2025226 Ashridge Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7RS
Received 31 Jan 2025St Pauls College The Ridings Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6NX
Received 31 Jan 202516 Harfield Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PT
Received 3 Feb 202522 Burgoyne Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7PR
Received 3 Feb 202522 Burgoyne Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7PR
Received 3 Feb 2025154 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5DZ
Received 3 Feb 2025Littleton Church Of England Infant School Rectory Close Shepperton TW17 0QE
Received 3 Feb 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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