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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.

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...

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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...

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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...

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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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Membership

   NEW MEMBERS WELCOME Membership of the society is OPEN TO ALL, whether you live or work in Staines or are a regular visitor. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION Individual  £3.00 / Household £5.00 Please complete & submit the membership application form below, for Household...

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Former Debenhams Site Consultation – March 24

We are very much in favour of the retention of the old Debenhams building, with its low level and elegant lines, but we remain totally unhappy and opposed to the tower at the rear (or any tower for that matter). However, it has been made very clear that the developers...

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