July 2025
Plans to build hotel on Bridge St car park abandoned
Spelthorne Council has announced that it has agreed with the Arora Hotel group to terminate the lease for the development of a major hotel on the Bridge St Car Park site. This brings to an end a 5 year saga which began with the announcement in 2020 of plans to build a 14 storey hotel tower and 200 residential apartments on the site, later scaled down to a 8-10 storey hotel in a new agreement signed just 6 months ago. Buildings of this size would have had a huge impact on the outlook and environment of all Staines Village residents. The council is now going to undertake a review of future options for the site, which they own. Let us hope that these will be compatible with the Conservation Area and riverfront which surround the site and that the existing structures will be properly maintained while the review is carried out.