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Spelthorne

In the last 12 months, 86.1% of householder applications were approved in Spelthorne (294 decided). A typical householder decision takes about eight weeks (median 57 days).

Full planning applications: 56.9% approved (137 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-06-30–2026-05-27): 86.4% of 3,190 decisions approved.

3,508Total applications
2,755Approved
435Refused
75Withdrawn
231Pending
86.4%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
3,439Delegated Decision
59Committee Decision
10Delegated if Refusal
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 1,148 1,019 129
88.8%
Full Planning Application 415 270 145
65.1%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 406 356 50
87.7%
Discharge of Conditions 297 296 1
99.7%
Prior Approval (Other) 214 179 35
83.6%
Tree Works (TPO) 188 179 9
95.2%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 113 92 21
81.4%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 108 108 0
100.0%
Advertisement Consent 66 54 12
81.8%
Amended Application 52 42 10
80.8%
Listed Building Consent 49 47 2
95.9%
Miscellaneous Application 36 34 2
94.4%
Surrey County Council Application 13 12 1
92.3%
All Other Prior Approval Notifications 12 6 6
50.0%
Telecommunications 12 4 8
33.3%
Conservation Area Consent 7 7 0
100.0%
Amended Application 3 7 7 0
100.0%
Amended Application 4 5 5 0
100.0%
Amended Application 2 5 5 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 3 0 3
0.0%
Discharge of Condition (10) 3 3 0
100.0%
Discharge of Condition (9) 3 3 0
100.0%
Discharge of Condition (45) 2 2 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 2 2 0
100.0%
Amended Application 5 2 2 0
100.0%
Discharge of Condition (5) 2 2 0
100.0%
SCC Application Discharge of Condition 6 2 2 0
100.0%
Reserved Matters 1 1 0
100.0%
PD Enlarge dwelling by addit storeys 1 1 0
100.0%
Discharge of Condition (44) 1 1 0
100.0%
Discharge of Condition (40) 1 1 0
100.0%
River Thames Scheme 1 1 0
100.0%
Permissions in Principle 1 0 1
0.0%
Amended Application 6 1 1 0
100.0%
PD Office Prior Approval 1 1 0
100.0%
Discharge of Condition (43) 1 1 0
100.0%
Discharge of Condition (41) 1 1 0
100.0%
Discharge of Condition (42) 1 1 0
100.0%
Demolitions 1 1 0
100.0%
SCC Amended Application 1 1 1 0
100.0%
Discharge of Condition (47) 1 1 0
100.0%
SCC Application Discharge of Condition 1 1 1 0
100.0%
Discharge of Condition (11) 1 1 0
100.0%
PD Temp use for filming 1 1 0
100.0%
Discharge of Condition (7) 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 192 172
89.6%
2023-Q4 280 239
85.4%
2024-Q1 250 218
87.2%
2024-Q2 315 276
87.6%
2024-Q3 285 250
87.7%
2024-Q4 267 241
90.3%
2025-Q1 318 272
85.5%
2025-Q2 374 324
86.6%
2025-Q3 266 223
83.8%
2025-Q4 261 212
81.2%
2026-Q1 226 198
87.6%
2026-Q2 154 128
83.1%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Sunbury East 365 336 29
92.1%
Staines 365 318 47
87.1%
Ashford Common 286 233 53
81.5%
Laleham And Shepperton Green 279 258 21
92.5%
Shepperton Town 274 240 34
87.6%
Ashford North And Stanwell South 248 206 42
83.1%
Ashford Town 224 176 48
78.6%
Ashford East 199 158 41
79.4%
Riverside And Laleham 198 177 21
89.4%
Sunbury Common 190 165 25
86.8%
Stanwell North 183 144 39
78.7%
Halliford And Sunbury West 172 158 14
91.9%
Planning guides

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