View and comment on a planning application

You can comment on current planning applications. You can also use the planning application search or Runnymede's interactive mapping service to look at current and historical planning applications. 

Search for planning applications by address, planning application number or date to

• find current and historical planning applications
• view decision notices for determined applications (for applications determined after 1997)
• view appeals and associated documentation
• comment on current applications.

Comment on a current application

You can comment via our planning search or via Runnymede's interactive Map You can also send a letter or e-mail to show your support or oppose a planning application.

Planning search portal

• All letters of representation will be published on the Council's website (under the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985) and personal details will be redacted (under The Data Protection Act 2018).  If you do not provide your address, then it will not be published and will not be referred to in the Officer's report, but will be read by the Case Officer. We reserve the right to redact any personal comments made.

We can only base our decision on planning policy and planning matters so your comments should relate to

• the character of the area
• local amenities, including the amenities of neighbours
• the environment and countryside
• traffic and parking.

Comments regarding the effect on property values and private legal matters, for example, fences/boundaries, right to light, or matters covered by other Legislation such as building regulations or restrictive covenants will not be considered.

Offensive or inappropriate representations

The Council reserves the right to redact, reject or not publish any representation which in its opinion contains comments that are deemed to be potentially libellous, defamatory, offensive threatening, abusive or likely to incite hatred or harm to people with protected characteristics.

Copyright notice

Plans, drawings and materials submitted to the Council are protected by the copyright acts (section 47, 1988). You may only use material which is downloaded and or printed for consultation purposes; to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check whether developments have been completed together with approved plans. Further copies must not be made without the prior permission of the copyright owner.

Planning alerts

Sign up to our new service that allows you to receive weekly email notifications about new planning applications registered within a specified area of a chosen property. 

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