35 Ruskin Road Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2PX Data via plota.co.uk

25/01469/CPD - Cert. of Lawful Proposed Use and Dev Approved

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development for a hip to gable loft conversion and a rear dormer and the installation of a roof window into the front roof slope Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
9 Dec 2025
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Approved
26 Jan 2026

Approved on 26 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

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 ↗
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
National infrastructure project 1467 m away: Southampton to London Pipeline Project; Inside the Staines-upon-Thames built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £377,500 in July 2018. Semi-detached house, freehold.

20 July 2018£377,500
2 December 2002£198,950
30 May 1997£91,950

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area68 m² (732 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (55 out of 100), could reach B
PropertySemi-detached house, 3 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2018, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Spelthorne
Application type
Cert. of Lawful Proposed Use and Dev
Postcode
TW18 2PX
Received
9 Dec 2025
Validated
9 Dec 2025
Ward
Riverside And Laleham
Parish
Staines ED
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Feb 2026
Decision
Grant Cert Lawful Prop Use/Dev
Decision date
26 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Measured and Drawn Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 48 days from validation, 6 days faster than Spelthorne's median of 54 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 87% of lawful development certificates here are.

79%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
164decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14527809
Planning Portal ref
PP-14527809
Comments by
3 Jan 2026
Site or press notice
10 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
3 Feb 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.