Units 2 And 3 Staines Business Park 96 - 104 Church Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4YA Data via plota.co.uk

26/00557/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved

Proposal

TPO083 - T4 - Yew - Crown lift to create at least 2 meters separation distance between the tree and the house. To reduce the overhang on 1 protruding limb back by 2 meters to lessen the impact on the neighbouring property Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
29 May 2026
✓
Approved
15 Jul 2026

Approved on 15 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 16 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
Staines Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
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 ↗
Also on the record
11 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; National infrastructure project about 182 m away: Expansion of Heathrow Airport (Third Runway), at pre-application; Inside the Staines-upon-Thames built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · 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
Spelthorne
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
TW18 4YA
Received
29 May 2026
Validated
29 May 2026
Ward
Staines
Parish
Staines ED
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Jul 2026
Decision
Grant TPO Consent
Decision date
15 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
M&S Trees ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 47 days from validation, about the council's usual 44 days. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

86%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
110decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Spelthorne in the last twelve months, from validation. Spelthorne decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14971048
Planning Portal ref
PP-14971048
Statutory expiry
24 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Spelthorne
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#155 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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