Land To The South Of Wheatsheaf Lane Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2LW Data via plota.co.uk

RU.26/0947 REGISTERED

Proposal

Consultation by Spelthorne Borough Council: Highways improvement works to Wheatsheaf Lane including formation of a new access to Land South of Wheatsheaf Lane,and engineering operations including reprofiling of existing land levels in order to improve flood attenuation and storage capacity. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
16 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 85.

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1723 m away: Southampton to London Pipeline Project; Inside the Staines-upon-Thames built-up area; Green belt about 38 m away: London.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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
Runnymede
Postcode
TW18 2LW
Received
16 Jul 2026
Validated
16 Jul 2026
Case officer
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Decision outlook

Day 85, past the statutory target. 83% of other in Runnymede are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 15 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 5 Oct 2026.

Day 8529 days past the 56-day target
55%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
71decided in the last year

Plota live figures for other decided by Runnymede in the last twelve months, from validation. Runnymede decision record →

Runnymede
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#140 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Runnymede ranks #108 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Runnymede decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #242 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #208 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #108 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #113 of 296
66%
Minor dwellings approved
74 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
55%
Change of use approved
11 decided
661
Total decisions
110 refused in the year to March 2026