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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.
9,463 approved · 1,657 refused · 413 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 2000 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Staines Ex Servicemens Club Limited 6 Laleham Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2DX
Received 4 Jul 2025377 Staines Road West Ashford TW15 1RH
Received 4 Jul 2025109 Long Lane Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7AL
Received 4 Jul 2025Unit SufC Two Rivers Retail Park Mustard Mill Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4UP
Received 7 Jul 2025Harvester The Bulldog Public House 556 London Road Ashford TW15 3AE
Received 7 Jul 202547 Pavilion Gardens Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1LS
Received 7 Jul 20252 Ripston Road Ashford TW15 1PQ
Received 7 Jul 20252 Ripston Road Ashford TW15 1PQ
Received 7 Jul 202568 Greenlands Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4LR
Received 7 Jul 202547 Fontmell Park Ashford TW15 2NP
Received 7 Jul 202531 Junction Road Ashford TW15 1NJ
Received 7 Jul 2025134 Staines Road East Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5AY
Received 8 Jul 2025158 Green Lane Shepperton TW17 8DZ
Received 8 Jul 202513 Kings Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7QE
Received 8 Jul 20258 Plover Close Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4RW
Received 8 Jul 20253 Muncaster Road Ashford TW15 2HL
Received 8 Jul 2025Rear Of 5 - 7 Clarence Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4SU
Received 8 Jul 2025245 Upper Halliford Road Shepperton TW17 8ST
Received 8 Jul 202596 Groveley Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7LB
Received 9 Jul 202517 Echelforde Drive Ashford TW15 2ER
Received 9 Jul 20258-14 Oatlands Drive Weybridge Surrey KT13 9JL
Received 8 Jul 202512 Spelthorne Lane Ashford TW15 1UJ
Received 9 Jul 2025Grassed Verge Outside Shopping Parade Clare Road Stanwell Staines-Upon-Thames TW19 7QP
Received 9 Jul 202549 Kenton Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5AS
Received 9 Jul 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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