A FORMER office block in Slough will see a side extension that will hold nearly 60 flats after planning officers give the go-ahead.
This is just one of the many applications submitted to local authorities in Slough, Windsor, and Maidenhead in the past seven days.
To view more details for each application, go to the respective council’s planning portal with the reference number attached.
A rear garden storage unit won’t become a pizza takeaway delivery shop at Furnival Avenue, Slough (P/00954/039).
Planning officers have rejected a bid to convert the unit, which is behind a group of buildings that are a mix of residential and commercial, into a pizza takeaway delivery shop.
A decision notice cannot be found on the Slough Borough Council planning portal.
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The refused plans would have involved dividing the garden storage unit into two separate units and would have only taken orders from Uber Eats, Deliveroo, and other online order services. It does not include any seating areas.
The applicant said the takeaway would see an increase in employment and provide a food service, which there has been a lack of in the local area.
Developer given go-ahead to extend a former office block at Hatfield Road, Slough (P/02411/022).
The nine-storey block known as Thames Central, which currently consists of 153 flats, is set to see an extra 56 apartments after planning officers approved a side and roof extension request.
The flats consist of 41 one-beds and 15 two-beds. Thirty percent of the apartments – or 17 units – will be affordable.
The site has over 200 car parking spaces either created by the developer or from its previous life as an office block. Bin storage arrangements are included in the scheme as well as 218 cycle spaces.
The developer also states the flats will comply with space standards and will add a rooftop garden to the south for residents to overlook Windsor.
Planners withdraw scheme to erect 5G mast on the verge to the southeast of Ridgemount from Spring Lane to Bigfrith Lane, Cookham Dean, Maidenhead (22/02780/TLDTT).
It’s another week and another application from telecommunications company CK Hutchinson Networks (UK) Ltd as it continues with its mass rollout of 5G to better connect the UK.
The company wanted to erect an 18m monopole with cabinets and said it will provide better WIFI and mobile connectivity in the Cookham Dean area but was met with heavy resistance from local groups and residents.
The Cookham Society, which represents 600 villagers, said the mast is “too tall” for the area and would look “completely alien” in an open countryside site.
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Bisham and Cookham ward councillor Gerry Clark objected to the scheme, saying: “This is a prominent location with open spaces nearby, a mast here would damage the look and feel of the area for those living on and using Church Road and Bigfrith lane.
“Given this is a rural area, the proposed location is unnecessarily close to houses and the local primary school and higher than any nearby structure. It is considered that an alternative, more hidden location would be more suitable.”
Hutchinson ultimately withdrew the scheme without explanation.
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