Heathrow Consultation: Stanwell Moor, Staines Event Dates

Heathrow’s public consultation on a third runway is now open, and it runs until Tuesday 22 December. Three of its drop-in events are in Spelthorne, starting at Stanwell Moor Village Hall on Thursday 12 November.

Spelthorne Borough Council announced the consultation on 27 October and listed the local dates on its Heathrow page. Heathrow plans to apply for permission towards the end of 2027.

Heathrow has also published a booklet for Stanwell and Stanwell Moor, one of ten “In Your Area” booklets for the communities it says would be directly affected. It is the clearest picture yet of what the scheme would change on this side of the airport.

Events in and near Spelthorne

The council lists these in-person events as the most local to the borough:

Heathrow’s booklet gives the same time and address for Stanwell Moor. It says anyone can go to any of the more than 20 events, wherever they live, and asks people to check its events page for changes.

There are also six online sessions, booked through Zoom from the council’s page:

• 9 November, 6.30pm to 7.30pm: consultation overview
• 16 November, 6.30pm to 7.30pm: roads and surface access
• 19 November, noon to 1pm: noise
• 23 November, 6.30pm to 7.30pm: construction
• 3 December, noon to 1pm: managing effects
• 10 December: consultation overview (the council’s list gives the time as “1-1pm”, so check the booking page)

Heathrow says recordings will go online after each session.

What the plans would change around Stanwell

The new runway would be built to the north west of the airport. The homes Heathrow would need to buy outright, its Compulsory Purchase Zone, are in Longford, Harmondsworth, Sipson and part of Colnbrook, the booklet says. None are in Stanwell or Stanwell Moor.

The booklet is plain that both villages would still change for good. It says the characters of Stanwell and Stanwell Moor “would permanently change”, and that Stanwell Moor “in particular would see changes to its distinct village character”.

The main proposals on this side of the airport are:

• A multi-storey car park called the Southern Parkway, with up to 20,000 spaces, partly on the Cemex site by the airport’s southern boundary. That is down from 22,000 in 2019. It would be built in blocks after the runway opens.
• The M25 and the A3044 Stanwell Moor Road realigned. Stanwell Moor junction would become a multi-level roundabout with a road tunnel into Terminal 5.
• Horton Road realigned at M25 junction 14. The Western Perimeter Road would be removed and not replaced.
• The Duke of Northumberland’s River and the Longford River diverted into a new channel between the car park and the edge of Stanwell.
• The Vineries Allotments moved to a new site in Stanwell Moor, with no loss of plots.
• Green Corridor, the youth training charity north of Stanwell Moor, would be displaced. Heathrow’s preferred new home for it is Princes Lake in Bedfont.
• New hotels between Terminal 5 and the M25, and a lorry park to keep HGVs out of nearby streets.
• A 25km walking and cycling route around the airport, the Green Loop, including a new link from Stanwell and Stanwell Moor to Colnbrook and Poyle.

Five properties in Stanwell Moor have been added to the scheme boundary so noise protection can be built there, the booklet says. Parts of the Stanwell conservation area are also inside it, to allow for high street and public realm work.

Building it

Three construction compounds would be set up around the two villages. One, CSS12, would be reached from Horton Road. Another, CSS10, may hold a concrete batching plant. Heathrow says some work “may take place overnight”.

The booklet sets out the timetable in years from permission:

• 0 to 3 years: compounds set up, roads and rivers moved first
• 3 to 10 years: the new runway opens
• 10 to 20 years: the car park blocks are finished and the compounds go

Bus routes 8, 400, 442, 555, 616, 655 and 667 use roads that would change, and Heathrow says it would work with operators to limit the disruption. Flight paths are not part of this consultation. They will go through a separate process with its own public consultation, the booklet says.

Schools and churches near the airport would be assessed for noise. The booklet names Stanwell Fields Church of England Primary, Town Farm Primary and Nursery, St Mary’s Church and Ashford Hospital among them.

The council’s own vote is on hold

Spelthorne councillors were due to vote on a motion opposing the third runway on 22 October, as we reported beforehand. They never reached it. Near the end of a four-hour night, councillors voted 12 to 10, with two abstentions, against hearing the three outstanding motions that night, according to the council’s recording of the meeting. The Mayor said they would wait for the December meeting, provisionally set for Thursday 10 December. Minutes have not yet been published.

The council’s role is limited either way. It says it is an “interested party” and “not the decision maker”. The final call rests with the Transport Secretary, on the Planning Inspectorate’s advice.

What it means for you

• You can respond until 22 December. Use the online feedback form on Heathrow’s consultation page, email expansionconsultation@heathrow.com, call the freephone line on 0800 307 7996, or post a printed form to FREEPOST EXPANSION CONSULTATION. Printed forms are handed out at the events.
• If you live in Stanwell or Stanwell Moor, read the booklet for your area first. It has the maps and the building timetable for your streets.
• Allotment holders at the Vineries and users of Green Corridor are directly named, so these events are the place to raise it.
• A second scheme is coming. Heathrow West’s rival plan is not part of this consultation. Its own consultation is expected in May 2027, according to the council’s briefing note.

For more on the two schemes and the council’s position, see our earlier report on the Spelthorne third runway motion.