by Jackie | Jun 28, 2024 | Hot Topics, Latest News, Local Planning News, Uncategorised
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...
by Jackie | May 14, 2024 | Hot Topics
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...
by Jackie | Mar 15, 2024 | Hot Topics, Latest News, Local Planning News
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...
by Jackie | Sep 17, 2023 | Hot Topics, Latest News, Local Planning News
The Staines Town Society definitely don’t like either the proposed concentration of development in Staines, or high-rise blocks, but we are in support of the Local Plan because it’s the lesser of two evils; there’d be more towers built on more unsuitable sites,...
by Jackie | Jul 7, 2023 | Hot Topics, Latest News, Local Plan
Dear Councillor Staines Town Society supports the emerging Local Plan as the best compromise between local wishes and planning law. Anything denying the mandatory housing figure will simply be rejected by the Inspector, causing months of delay. The existing Local Plan...
by Jackie | Jun 2, 2023 | Hot Topics, Latest News, Local Plan, Local Planning News, Other News
At the special Council meeting on 6 June our councillors will be asked to vote on a motion to ‘pause’ the Local Plan process. Staines Town Society, along with several other residents’ groups across the borough, have asked councillors to refuse this...
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