Glenthorne, Staines-upon-thames | Property for sale | Savills
Price on request

GlenthorneStaines-upon-thames

  • New
  • Sole agency
Development land

Key features

  • Excellent residential development opportunity
  • Site totals approximately 0.25 hectares (0.64 acres)
  • Positive pre-app response for 23 residential apartments
  • Freehold for sale with vacant possession
  • Offers invited on an unconditional or subject to planning basis

Excellent residential development opportunity. Positive pre-app response from Spelthorne Borough Council for 23 residential apartments.

About this property

  • The site is located on the eastern side of Rookery Road and was previously occupied by a social service building. This building has been demolished under a prior planning consent, resulting in a cleared site. To the north and west there are residential dwellings located on relatively large plots and to the south is a car park associated with several blocks of residential flats fronting Kingston Road. To the east of the site there is a children’s day nursery and further residential dwellings. The site extends to approximately 0.25 hectares (0.64 acres) and is situated on Rookery Road, an attractive tree lined residential street, which is located approximately 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south east Staines town centre. Staines railway station is located approximately 0.97 km (0.6 miles) north west of the site.

Local information

  • Staines benefits from excellent transport connections. Junction 13 of the M25 is located approximately 2.4 km (1.5 miles) northwest of Staines, providing connections to the M3 and M4, as well as to Heathrow Airport.
  • Rail services are available from Staines railway station, which is situated on the London Waterloo to Reading line. Direct services are available to London Waterloo approximately every 15 minutes, with a fastest journey time of approximately 35 minutes. Additional services are available to Reading (43 – 54 minutes), Windsor and Eton Riverside (16 – 17 minutes) and Ascot (19 – 20minutes). Heathrow and Gatwick international airports are located 8 km (5 miles) and 56 km (34.8 miles), respectively from Staines. Nearby towns of interest include Slough (13.2 km / 8.2 miles), Woking (15.5 km / 9.6 miles) and Bracknell (19.3 km / 12miles).
  • All journey times are approximate.

Additional information

  • PLANNING
  • The site falls within the jurisdiction of Spelthorne Borough Council (SBC). A historic planning permission was granted on 22 September 2016 with an agreed extension on 1 April 2020 for the ‘Erection of 19 residential flats over 3 floors (9 no. 1 bed and 10 no. 2 bed) with associated access, parking and amenity space following the demolition of the existing building.’ (Ref: 16/00547/FUL). The planning permission expired on 31 March 2023 and was not implemented.
  • PRE-APP RESPOSNE
  • On behalf of our client, Savills submitted a pre-application request to SBC for a scheme providing 23 units, comprising 15 x 1 bed, 7 x 2 bed and 1 x 3 bed apartments. The proposed scheme is for a 3-storey building, accessed from Rookery Road. There will be an underpass underneath the building to the rear, where 30 car parking spaces and a communal garden are proposed.
  • The Planning Officer outlined that the proposed residential scheme submitted with the pre-application request would likely receive a favourable response, if submitted as a planning application, subject to consultation as part of the application process in the usual way. The response considers a number of technical and policy considerations at a high level, which the Officer considered in drawing their favourable conclusions. The response is provided within the data room.