Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
8,908 approved · 1,557 refused · 379 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
McDonald's 554 London Road Ashford TW15 3AE
Received 25 Feb 20258 Coleridge Road Ashford TW15 2QS
Received 25 Feb 20258 Coleridge Road Ashford TW15 2QS
Received 25 Feb 20258 Coleridge Road Ashford TW15 2QS
Received 25 Feb 2025Elizabeth House 56 - 60 London Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4HB
Received 25 Feb 2025Dolphin Estate Dolphin Road Sunbury-on-Thames
Received 25 Feb 202566 Gordon Road Ashford TW15 3EU
Received 25 Feb 2025113 Nursery Gardens Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1EL
Received 25 Feb 2025Delmonde 16 Willow Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6BT
Received 26 Feb 202514 Princes Road Ashford TW15 2LT
Received 26 Feb 2025Land Opposite The Lantern Towpath Shepperton TW17 9LL
Received 26 Feb 2025Homers Farm London Road Ashford
Received 26 Feb 202511 Station Road Ashford TW15 2UW
Received 26 Feb 20253 Meadows End Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6SP
Received 26 Feb 202512 Dudley Road Ashford TW15 2LF
Received 26 Feb 20255A High Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4QY
Received 26 Feb 2025Land Rear Of 39-51 High Street Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7LJ
Received 26 Feb 202566 Gordon Road Ashford TW15 3EU
Received 26 Feb 202566 Gordon Road Ashford TW15 3EU
Received 26 Feb 2025245 Upper Halliford Road Shepperton TW17 8ST
Received 26 Feb 20258 Wheatsheaf Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2PE
Received 27 Feb 202511 Woodlands Parade Ashford TW15 1QD
Received 27 Feb 202597 Wolsey Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7TX
Received 27 Feb 202513 Riverway Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2SJ
Received 28 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage