8A Cumberland Road Ashford TW15 3BX Data via plota.co.uk

26/00405/CPD - Cert. of Lawful Proposed Use and Dev Approved

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed change of use from Class C4 (small HMO) to a residential home for up to 2 no. young people to receive care on site. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
20 Apr 2026
Consultation
22 Apr 2026
Approved
19 Jun 2026

Approved on 19 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

Air quality management area: Spelthorne AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Ashford (Spelthorne) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Spelthorne
Application type
Cert. of Lawful Proposed Use and Dev
Postcode
TW15 3BX
Received
20 Apr 2026
Validated
20 Apr 2026
Ward
Ashford North And Stanwell South
Parish
Staines South And Ashford West ED
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Jun 2026
Decision
Grant Cert Lawful Prop Use/Dev
Decision date
19 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Simpatico Town Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 60 days from validation, 4 days slower than Spelthorne's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 69% of changes of use here are.

60%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
36decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Spelthorne in the last twelve months, from validation. Spelthorne decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14870436
Consultation
22 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
22 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Spelthorne
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#155 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Spelthorne ranks #124 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Spelthorne decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
81%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #258 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #225 of 296
70%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #124 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #106 of 296
57%
Minor dwellings approved
67 decided (1-9 homes)
57%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
46%
Change of use approved
26 decided
634
Total decisions
122 refused in the year to March 2026