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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.
9,123 approved · 1,598 refused · 394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
179 Ashridge Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7SB
Received 3 Apr 2025Riverholme The Creek Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6BY
Received 3 Apr 2025110 Whitley Close Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7EY
Received 3 Apr 20253 Muncaster Road Ashford TW15 2HL
Received 3 Apr 202548 Ashford Crescent Ashford TW15 3ED
Received 3 Apr 2025Shell Ashford Manor 102 Fordbridge Road Ashford TW15 3RX
Received 3 Apr 202527 The Wickets Ashford TW15 2RR
Received 1 Apr 2025MSU 2 The Elmsleigh Centre Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4QF
Received 3 Apr 202522 Ashview Gardens Ashford TW15 3RD
Received 3 Apr 2025Parkview Court Green Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6RR
Received 4 Apr 2025212 Clare Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7EQ
Received 7 Apr 202553 Parkland Grove Ashford TW15 2JB
Received 7 Apr 202589 Marlborough Road Ashford TW15 3PW
Received 7 Apr 20251 Pullmans Place Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4LD
Received 7 Apr 2025Plot 2 Sandhills Meadow Shepperton TW17 9HY
Received 7 Apr 202535 Park Road Ashford TW15 1EX
Received 7 Apr 2025Charta House 30 - 38 Church Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4EP
Received 7 Apr 2025Budebury Court Budebury Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2BA
Received 8 Apr 2025Land Adjacent To 44 Jordans Close Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7PU
Received 8 Apr 20256 Ashridge Way Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7RW
Received 8 Apr 2025Fordway Centre Stanwell Road Ashford TW15 3DU
Received 9 Apr 202518 Beechwood Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1JA
Received 9 Apr 202518 Beechwood Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1JA
Received 9 Apr 2025121 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5EQ
Received 9 Apr 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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