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Latest News from Staines Town Society
Below are the last six news items published by the Staines Town Society. To open one and view the detail you can either click on the image if one is present, the title or the read more link. The item will open full screen.
Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement (HENPS) – our response
The Staines Town Society objects to the plan to expand Heathrow as proposed in the draft HENPS. The 'four tests' are unacceptable for the following reasons: - Noise Currently, around four million local residents are adversely affected by existing Heathrow aircraft...
Anne Damerell
It is with great sadness that we announce the recent death of the Society’s secretary, Anne Damerell. Anne’s contribution to the Society over many years has been amazing. She applied her analytical mind to planning issues for the good of the community and...
Newsletter – Summer 2024
FORTHCOMING EVENTS We are again invited to Rosemary Williamson’s garden at 138 Thames Side, TW18 2JA, just upstream from Penton Hook Lock, for the Society’s summer tea party on Sunday 14 July from 3 – 5 pm. This is a lovely venue and we are very grateful to our kind...
Spelthorne – Design Code
Spelthorne Borough Council are creating a design code, incorporating rules that will influence the design of future buildings and public spaces in Staines. The authority has launched a public consultation in Staines to find out what people would like to include in the...
CPRE, Surrey. – small news item
Spelthorne doesn’t often feature in the CPRE Surrey newsletter but the following small item was included in the early May edition. Spelthorne aim to omit Green Belt sites from Local Plan Subject to ministerial intervention, Spelthorne Council proposes axing Green Belt...
Staines Ex-Servicemen’s Club
Staines Town Society objects to this proposal for a block of 9 flats on the site of the former ex-servicemen's club. Whilst not large, the site is sensitive (riverside) and very prominent, sitting as it does on the riverside and at the eastern gateway to Staines town...
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