Phillip Smith And Company Limited Burma House Station Path Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4LW
Approved on 19 March 2026
Council decision: Prior Approved GrantedDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions
Proposal
Prior Approval notification for a change of use of a building from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service Use) to a use falling within Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to form 9 self-contained residential units.
- Received
- 22 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Ward
- Staines
- Agent
- Planning Insight
- ReceivedReceived22 Jan
- ValidatedValidated22 Jan
- Consult.Consultation17 Feb
- TargetTarget Date19 Mar
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Phillip Smith And Company Limited Burma House Station Path Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4LW. Spelthorne has handled 482 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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 4LW
- Application type
- All Other Prior Approval Notifications
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Staines ED
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Planning Insight
- Agent address
- 12-18 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8SL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14637361
- Documents
- 36
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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