Benwell House planning application open for comments - June 2023

A planning application submitted by Spelthorne Borough Council to extend a housing development in Sunbury is now open for comments.

The proposal is to extend an existing development at Benwell House on Green Street in Sunbury-on-Thames by adding 11 one-bedroom 24 two-bedroom privately rented apartments with thirty five additional parking spaces. 

A public consultation was held last summer which resulted in the scale of the building being reduced, fewer apartments proposed and the addition of 48 replacement mature and semi-mature trees.

The first phase of the Benwell House development which saw the Council convert and extend empty commercial offices into 55 one and two-bedroom apartments was completed in 2021. Of these, 80% were offered as key worker and affordable homes and the development is fully occupied. 

The planning application (ref: 23/00724/FUL) can be viewed on the Council's website at https://my.spelthorne.gov.uk/planningpublisher.aspx?requesttype=parsetemplate&template=DCApplication.tmplt&basepage=planningpublisher.aspx&Filter=^REFVAL^=%2723/00724/FUL%27&history=6411360c765b4972a29ebc130444ed3b

The deadline for comments is 12 July 2023.