Planning Applications
About Planning Applications
We will not list every planning application that is proposed in the Staines area. We will highlight some of the more important ones to your attention on this page and on the various news pages. This page lists those items which have been categorised as related to Planning Applications.
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...
Debenhams – Appeal dismissed July 2023
We welcome the news that the Inspector has dismissed the Debenhams appeal. We thank Spelthorne’s planning officers, who strenuously argued for refusal at the Planning Committee in June 2022 and again at the appeal in May 2023. Both decisions are on SBC website,...
Debenhams – demolition
The Staines Town Society objects strongly to any agreement for prior demolition for this important building in this prime location; prior approval must be required for a proposed: Demolition of Buildings in respect of Debenhams. It would be premature to demolish this...
Former Masonic Lodge site – Appeal upheld
Planning Inspectorate upholds Inland Homes appeal. Following an Inquiry which was held in early December 2021 by the Planning Inspectorate, planning permission has been granted for the demolition of the former Masonic Hall and redevelopment of the site. The decision,...
Old Fire Station
Old Fire Station Planning application 21/01750/FUL, Old Fire Station and space behind Town Hall This scheme is an improvement over the previous one, being smaller and more respectful of the Fire Station. But it is not adequate for this sensitive and important site. ...
Debenhams
Planning application 21/01772/FUL Debenhams, 37-45 High Street Staines Staines Town Society objects to the demolition of the existing Debenhams building. Its anchor position in the High Street and its graceful curve down Thames Street have been a leading part of...
Masonic Hall – Developers Appeal
Masonic Hall - Developers Appeal The deveopers have lodged an Appeal against the Council's descision to refuse the application to develop the former Telephone Exchange & Masonic Hall site into a tower block of 206 tiny flats with minimal parking. This will be...
Masonic Hall application refused
Application for Masonic Hall site refused. The planning application for the Masonic Hall site, recently dubbed “twin towers” in Staines was REFUSED at Spelthorne Planning Committee (Wednesday 23 June 2021) on grounds of height, NOT making a positive contribution to...
Renshaw site
21/00010/FUL, Renshaw site, Staines. One of the virtues of the previous application for this site was the relatively civilised floor plan based on an 8m square frame, giving a basic flat size of 64m², and 128m² for larger units. Alas! All that has been discarded,...
Charter Square, Phase 3 (formerly Majestic House)
20/01112/FUL, Charter Square. This is another oversized block of undersized flats, grossly out of scale with Staines town centre, but we accept that permission has been granted in principle for the overdevelopment of the entire Majestic site, in the same brutally...
Appeal response – Burger Plus, 25 Church Street
Appeal response - Burger Plus, 25 Church Street (re opening hours) The original application to extend opening hours (to 3am) was refused by Spelthorne Borough Council, the applicant has since made an Appeal to the Secretary of State, against that decision. Planning...
Thameside House ref. 20/00344/FUL
Unlike the organisers of the Green Belt petition, Staines Town Society does not support the idea that Staines should bear a disproportionate share of the burden imposed by the Government’s housing targets. Staines is a comfortable riverside town, not an inner-city...
Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Laleham Road
Revised application November 2019 Response to another poor quality design for the Ex-servicemen’s Club 19/01237/FUL, as follows:- We note there is an amendment however, no notable Design & Access update or any other text, merely a series of plans, actually mostly...
Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Laleham Road
Ex-Servicemen's Club Update: September 2019 A new application ref.19/01237/FUL has just been received by Spelthorne BC, which we are considering and our response will be published here in due course (older news) This Planning Application was withdrawn on the day it...
Old Fire Station / rear of old Town Hall
Land behind Staines Town Hall and Old Fire StationPlanning applications 19/00239/FUL and 240/LBC: Land behind Staines Town Hall and Old Fire StationStaines Town Society, objects to this application, as follows:-This proposal is better than the previously...
Old Pumping Station, Wheatsheaf Lane
An Appeal has been submitted to the Secretary of State in respect of the land at the Old Pumping Station in Wheatsheaf Lane, situated at the corner of the horse field. The Planning Application for a three bedroomed detached house was made last year under reference...
Change of Use – Office to Chicken & Chips – 25 Church Street
We have made a substantial objection to this application for a change of use of this Listed Building, from an office to retail - in this case, a chicken & chips takeaway, in the heart of the Staines Conservation Area. The area deserves better, a broader range of...
Two Rivers Bar & Restaurant amended plans
An amended application has been lodged for the development of 11 flats at The Two Rivers Bar and Restaurant, (formerly The Phoenix pub) in Church Street. The number of flats is reduced (previously 15, now 11) but the Town Society remains of the view that it is too...
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