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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.
9,171 approved · 1,602 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
122 Cadbury Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7LR
Received 15 Apr 202569 - 71 High Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4PQ
Received 16 Apr 202569 - 71 High Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4PQ
Received 16 Apr 202557 Harfield Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5PT
Received 16 Apr 202524 Riverside Close Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2LW
Received 16 Apr 202558 Wolsey Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7TY
Received 16 Apr 2025Kastham Formerly Known As 'Church Island House' Church Island Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4YE
Received 16 Apr 202512 Bruce Avenue Shepperton TW17 9DW
Received 14 Apr 2025May Cottage 2 The Creek Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6BY
Received 16 Apr 20257 Manor Road Ashford TW15 2SL
Received 17 Apr 2025Waterstones 77 High Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4PQ
Received 17 Apr 202539A Walnut Tree Road Shepperton TW17 0RW
Received 17 Apr 202580 Cumberland Road Ashford TW15 3DB
Received 17 Apr 202527 Tennyson Road Ashford TW15 2LN
Received 18 Apr 2025144 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5EA
Received 18 Apr 202511 The Crofts Shepperton TW17 8SD
Received 21 Apr 202512 Hannibal Road Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7HH
Received 21 Apr 202531 Junction Road Ashford TW15 1NJ
Received 21 Apr 202512 Marlborough Road Ashford TW15 3QA
Received 22 Apr 202577 Staines Road East Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5AD
Received 22 Apr 2025138 Stanwell Road Ashford TW15 3QP
Received 22 Apr 20258 Coleridge Road Ashford TW15 2QS
Received 23 Apr 20255A Marlborough Road Ashford TW15 3PZ
Received 23 Apr 2025Development Site At Former The Old Telephone Exchange Elmsleigh Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4PN
Received 23 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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