Proposals to build three new stories of flats on top of a Slough town centre commercial building have been denied planning permission.

The plans would have seen the part-single, part-double storey retail site on the High Street have three extra floors added on top to create new residential space.

The design and access statement reads: “The proposals have been carefully designed with a focus on community safety, providing a well-supervised and secure environment for the occupants.”

Each of the flats would have been self-contained, with refuse and cycle storage located on the ground floor.

The applicant’s statement noted that the work would have brought the block’s height to the same level as neighbouring buildings.

However, planning officers rejected the application, calling it an “overbearing form of development in relation to the neighbouring properties.”

They wrote: “The proposed development would result in poor level of amenity and living conditions for future occupants of the residential units, particularly the first floor unit.

“Due to the proximity to an existing open air car park and service area related to the Queensmere shopping centre, the proposed residential units will have inadequate outlook and poor privacy, attractiveness, usefulness of amenity, and a symptom of the level of development proposed.”

To find out more about this planning application, visit Slough Borough Council’s planning portal with the reference P/00662/024.