Planning application
Birch House Fairfield Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4AB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of Use from Class E (Office) to Class C3 (Residential) for 28 residential dwellings.
As published by the council, reference 26/00396/PAP
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00396/PAP
- Type
- All Other Prior Approval Notifications
- Status
- Decided (Approved)
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approved Granted
- Received
- 17 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 17 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 11 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Staines
- Parish
- Staines ED
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TW18 4AB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Spelthorne register
This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00668/FUL Decided
Birch House Fairfield Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4AB
Proposed further external joinery alterations including additional windows, rooflights & AOV'S (vents).
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21/01151/PDO Granted
Birch House Fairfield Avenue Staines-upon-Thames TW18 4AB
Prior approval notification for the change of use from offices (B1a) to residential (C3) comprising 25 flats (as shown on plan no's (SK)022 P1, (SK)023, (SK)021 P1, (SK) 020 P1, (SK) 019 P1, (SK)017 P1, (SK)018 P1, (SK) 015 P2 rec'd 08.07.2021 , Amended plan (SK)016 P5 rec'd 11.08.2021
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Apr 2026
Received by Spelthorne
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11 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approved Granted
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 09/00222/FUL (Decided (Approved))
- Application: 11/00290/FUL (Decided (Approved))
- Application: 14/00935/FUL (Decided (Approved))
- Application: 21/01151/PDO (Decided (Approved))
- Application: PLAN W/FUL/83/483 (Decided (Approved))
- Application: PLAN W/FUL/83/814 (Decided (Approved))
Who's behind it
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The Keen Partnership Agent
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Active · incorporated 2026 · London
1 application on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
31 documents on file for this application
- PGPAPZ -PAP PRIOR APPROVAL GRANTED
- DELEGATED REPORT UPDATED 24.6.20
- COUNTY HIGHWAY AUTHORITY COMMENTS
- CIL FORM
- STANDARD CONSULTATION LETTER
- STANDARD CONSULTATION LETTER
- STANDARD CONSULTATION LETTER
- ACKPAO PRIOR APPROVAL (ALL OTHERS) ACK
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- FEECALCULATION
- ATTACHMENTSUMMARY
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- INDIVIDUAL FLAT SCHEDULE
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED ROOF FLOOR PLAN
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT -FINAL
- NOISE ASSESSMENT
- INTERNAL DAYLIGHT ASSESSMENT
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- CONTAMINATION
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Spelthorne granted permission on 11 June 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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