72 Waters Drive Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4RN Data via plota.co.uk

26/01040/CPD - Cert. of Lawful Proposed Use and Dev Awaiting decision

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed conversion of garage to habitable room. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
2 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 27 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 26 Nov 2026, from Spelthorne's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 4 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 8

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.
Special protection area 296 m away: South West London Waterbodies
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
SSSI 288 m away: Staines Moor SSSI; National infrastructure project 85 m away: Expansion of Heathrow Airport (Third Runway), at pre-application; Flood defence 25 m away (embankment, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Staines-upon-Thames built-up area; Green belt 26 m away: London.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 10 October 2026. 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
Cert. of Lawful Proposed Use and Dev
Postcode
TW18 4RN
Received
2 Oct 2026
Validated
2 Oct 2026
Ward
Staines
Parish
Staines ED
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 26 of the 56-day target. Spelthorne usually decides extensions by day 55.

Day 2630 days to the 56-day target
72%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
364decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15268712
Planning Portal ref
PP-15268712
Comments by
4 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
14 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
27 Nov 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

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