®Planning appeal decision
Eden Grove, 17-51 London Road, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 4EX
Planning appeal 6007619 at Eden Grove, 17-51 London Road, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 4EX (Spelthorne Borough Council) was allowed on 25 September 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is the effect on highway safety, including the free flow of traffic and the convenience of other highway users, of varying the conditions to allow a further reduction in parking spaces against the Council's parking standards.
erection of six buildings to provide 467 residential homes (Use class C3) and flexible commercial space at ground and first floors (Use Classes A1 -A3, B1a, D1 or D2), car parking, pedestrian and vehicle access, landscaping and associated works , without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref 23/00273/RVC dated 5 June 2023
- Authority
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- TW18 4EX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issue is the effect on highway safety, including the free flow of traffic and the convenience of other highway users, of varying the conditions to allow a further reduction in parking spaces against the Council's parking standards.
What decided it
Surrey County Council, as highway authority, confirmed in a statement of common ground that the proposed reduction in car parking spaces did not raise any issues of highway safety, and there was no compelling evidence that overflow parking would impede the free flow of traffic or inconvenience other highway users.
the absence of any unacceptable impact on highway safety, together with the modest economic benefit of reallocating underused residential parking to commercial use, favoured allowing the reduction in parking provision sought by the appellant.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CC2Policy CC3Policy ID2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Policy TR2Policy TR6
- Judgments
- John Leslie Finney v Welsh Ministers & Carmarthenshire County Council, Energiekontor (Uk) Limited
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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