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.
9,571 approved · 1,673 refused · 421 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Annie Brookes Close Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4YD
Received 22 Aug 202517 Carew Road Ashford TW15 1JQ
Received 22 Aug 2025Land Adj 1 The Sidings Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4NZ
Received 25 Aug 20254 The Vale Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7SD
Received 25 Aug 20252 St Nicholas Drive Shepperton TW17 9LD
Received 26 Aug 20258 Wheatsheaf Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2PE
Received 26 Aug 2025Old Manor House Russell Road Shepperton TW17 8JR
Received 26 Aug 2025Old Manor House Russell Road Shepperton TW17 8JR
Received 26 Aug 202511 Cecil Road Ashford TW15 1RJ
Received 27 Aug 202528 Minsterley Avenue Shepperton TW17 8QT
Received 27 Aug 202528 Halliford Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6DR
Received 27 Aug 202515 Brook Close Stanwell Staines-upon-Thames TW19 7AW
Received 28 Aug 202591 - 93 Windmill Road Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 7EF
Received 28 Aug 202511 Cecil Road Ashford TW15 1RJ
Received 28 Aug 202567 High Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4PU
Received 29 Aug 2025Ashford Water Treatment Works Staines Road West Ashford TW15 1RU
Received 29 Aug 202539 Durrell Way Shepperton TW17 8HR
Received 29 Aug 202534 Minsterley Avenue Shepperton TW17 8QT
Received 1 Sept 2025Staines-upon-Thames Library Hub MSU 2 The Elmsleigh Centre Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4QF
Received 1 Sept 202531 Junction Road Ashford TW15 1NJ
Received 1 Sept 202585 Avondale Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2NG
Received 1 Sept 2025Sunbury Conservative Club Green Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6RA
Received 1 Sept 2025Heathrow Airport (Third Runway) Hounslow
Received 3 Sept 2025191 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5EH
Received 4 Sept 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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