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Debenhams 37 - 45 High Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4QU

24/00901/PAPAll Other Prior Approval NotificationsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 11 September 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval (Class MA) for a proposed change of use of part of the building from commercial, business and services (Use Class E) to 63 no. self-contained apartments (Use Class C3). As shown on Plans 23.062 -01, 23.062 -10, 23.062 - 11, 23.062 - 12, 23.062 -13 (Existing 2nd Floor), 23.06 - 14, 23.062 - 15, 23.062 - 20, 23.062 - 21, 23.062 -22, 23.062 -23, 23.062 -13[24] (Proposed 3rd Floor), 23.062 - 25.

Received
30 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
19
Ward
Staines
Agent
Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.23 Aug
  4. Target24 Sep
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Debenhams 37 - 45 High Street Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4QU. Spelthorne has handled 482 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Spelthorne's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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.

88% of outline 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 4QU
Application type
All Other Prior Approval Notifications
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
63
Parish
Staines ED

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2024
Consultation expiry
29 August 2024
Consultation start
2 August 2024
Consultation end
23 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start
2 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
23 August 2024
Last date for comments
29 August 2024
Target decision date
24 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stokes Morgan Planning Ltd
Agent address
41a High Street Nailsea BS48 1AS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 August 2024
Advertisement expiry
29 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13280730
Documents
31
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Staines Conservation AreaPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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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