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MSU 2 The Elmsleigh Centre Staines-upon-Thames Surrey TW18 4QB

23/01412/SCCSurrey County Council ApplicationRefused

Refused on 14 December 2023

Council decision: SBC No Object SCC ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from Class E Retail to Class F1 Community Hub (including library and museum space, community space and office space) and associated works - SCC Consultation reference 2023-0191

Received
13 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Staines
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at MSU 2 The Elmsleigh Centre Staines-upon-Thames Surrey TW18 4QB. Spelthorne has handled 7 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Spelthorne's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Staines. We hold 1,281 applications in total for the TW18 postcode area.

87% of all applications at Spelthorne Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TW18 4QB
Application type
Surrey County Council Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Staines ED

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2023
Consultation expiry
13 December 2023
Consultation start
22 November 2023
Consultation end
13 December 2023
Last date for comments
13 December 2023
Target decision date
8 January 2024
Decision issued
6 March 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
35
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Spelthorne

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