Development Site At Former Two Rivers Bar And Restaurant 43 Church Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4EN Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Redevelopment of site to provide 1no. four storey building with side wing extension comprising commercial floorspace at ground floor level (230m2) (Class E use) and 14no. residential dwellings contained within upper floors together with associated site access, car parking, soft landscaping. demolition of existing boundary wall and erection of new boundary wall, and other associated infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
18 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
14 May 2026
✓
Consultation
20 May 2026
✗
Refused
13 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 13 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 14 Aug 2026

Documents 28

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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
15 listed buildings within 150 m; National infrastructure project 3 m away: Expansion of Heathrow Airport (Third Runway), at pre-application; Flood defence 13 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Staines-upon-Thames built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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
Full Application
Postcode
TW18 4EN
Received
18 Dec 2025
Validated
14 May 2026
Ward
Staines
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Aug 2026
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
13 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Parker Dann

How this decision compares

Decided in 91 days from validation, 36 days slower than Spelthorne's median of 55 for demolitions. Refused, as 13% of demolitions here are.

70%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
68decided in the last year

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

Public comments

4comments received
1 objecting2 neutral1 supporting

25% support · above the UK average of 16%

28 neighbours consulted · Last counted 14 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14571933
Planning Portal ref
PP-14571933
Neighbours
20 May 2026
Consultation
20 May 2026
Comments by
22 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
1 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Aug 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