by Jackie | Dec 10, 2018 | 2018 Winter Newsletter, Local Planning News, Newsletters
NEWS Staines Park (update Leisure Centre) The Council’s plans to build a new Leisure Centre on the site of the bowling green, tennis courts and gardens in Staines Park have been abandoned after massive public protest. Another site is being sought, as the option of...
by Jackie | Dec 10, 2018 | 2018 Winter Newsletter, Local Planning News, Newsletters, Planning Applications
More Flats ComingThe relentless tide of applications to build flats, or convert offices to flats, in Staines continues. Increasing the number of people living in the town centre may be a civilising influence – if only the flats were not so small.Council OfficesIt is...
by Jackie | Dec 10, 2018 | 2018 Winter Newsletter, Local Plan, Newsletters
SBC has published the responses to its Issues and Options consultation on the next Local Plan. This was not widely advertised and only 181 people responded to the question of where the obligatory 590 new houses per year should be built. Most wanted to save the Green...
by Jackie | Dec 10, 2018 | 2018 Winter Newsletter, Heathrow, Local Planning News, Newsletters
Five of the six legal challenges to the Government’s National Planning Statement (NPS) giving Heathrow permission for a third runway have been accepted for judicial review. The cases will be heard at the High Court in March 19. The challenges, by local authorities...
by Jackie | Dec 9, 2018 | 2018 Winter Newsletter, Local Planning News, Planning Applications
Planning Ref: 18/01592/ADVAddress: Strata House, 1 Bridge Street, Staines-Upon-ThamesProposal for an internally illuminated sign.The Staines Town Society objects to the proposal for this grossly oversized and illuminated sign in the Conservation Area and its position...
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