A 'Major' planning application is defined as any application involving 10 or more residential units, dwellings on a site with an area of 0.5 hectares or more, 1,000 sq. m or more of new commercial floorspace or sites with an area of more than 1 hectare. The statutory time limit for major applications is 13 weeks, but this deadline can be extended through negotiations.
Listed below are the current major applications at Spelthorne Borough Council:
Other planning applications
It is also possible for smaller "major" planning applications to be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for determination.
A full list of current major applications is in the most recent Planning Committee meeting agenda
Recent Major Planning Appeals
Planning Appeal by Written Representations: Enterprise House, 203 London Road
Staines-upon-Thames. TW18 4HR
Re: Demolition of existing building and redevelopment of site to create a building arranged over ground, first, second, part third and part fourth floors for Class E(g)(i)(office) and Class B8 (self-storage) uses, provision of car and cycle parking, landscaping, plant and associated works -25/00268/FUL - APP/Z3635/W/25/3375194
Decision issued 25 February 2026 - Appeal Dismissed.
The planning application was refused by delegated decision on 10 July 2025 for the following reasons:
The proposed development by reason of the scale, height, mass and size of the building, would be an inappropriately dominant and visually obtrusive development in the street scene that would have an unacceptable impact upon the character of the area. The proposal is therefore contrary to the objectives of Policy EN1 of the Spelthorne Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document (February 2009) and the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024).