Slough town centre shop could have flats added to it

A developer is making progress on a project to add flats to the Bargain Buys building in the High Street.

Elsewhere, a plan to add a new home to an existing house has been rejected, and a nationwide travel company is set to take over a closed shop in Windsor.

You can view each decided application by typing the reference number in brackets into the relevant council’s planning portal.

More details needed for plan to add flats to Bargain Buys (Slough app F/01190/034)

Elevation plans for a project to add two floors to the Bargain Buys building at 210-216 High Street, Slough. Credit: EDWS Architects

More details are needed for a project to add flats to the Bargain Buys building at 210-216 High Street.

Plans show that the building already has consent for its conversion into 18 flats, with 10 on the first floor and eight on the second floor.

A two-storey extension would add 10 self-contained flats to the building.

While extensions to create homes are considered permitted development, sometimes these developments require prior approval from the planning authority.

Slough Borough Council’s planning department prior approval is required on May 29.

New home added to existing house rejected (Slough app P/15128/004)

The refused elevation plan for an additional one bed home onto an existing house at Aldborough Spur, Slough. Credit: K A Architectural Services

A plan to add a new home to an existing house in Aldborough Spur has been rejected.

The project would have added a home to an existing three-bed semi-detached house, with a kitchen and living facilities on the ground floor and a double bed and shower on the first floor.

The existing house in Aldborough Spur, Slough. Credit: Google Maps

However, it was judged that the new home would have resulted in a ‘cramped overdevelopment’ of the site.

The plan was rejected by Slough council on May 31.

Travel company set to take over town centre shop (RBWM app 24/00203/LBC)

Approved elevations for the shopfront for Trailfinders at 24 High Street, Windsor. Credit: Lustedgreen

The travel company Trailfinders is set to take over the Cath Kidston store at 24 High Street, Windsor.

The address is at an ideal location near Windsor Castle, but has been unused after it was announced that the Cath Kidston floral fashion brand announced it would be going into administration in 2020.

Trailfinders won permission for shopfront and internal changes from the Royal Borough’s planning department on Monday, June 3.

The address it will occupy is Grade II listed as it dates back to the mid-18th century.

Progress made on plan to rebuild of roadside pub restaurant (RBWM app 24/00915/CONDIT)

A CGI for what the replacement for The Royal Oak pub in Paley Street, Littlewick Green could look like. Credit: Chris Bagot Architects

Progress is being made on a project to rebuild a roadside pub restaurant in Littlefield Green.

The Royal Oak in the village has been demolished, with the company Paley Street Restaurant Ltd winning approval to rebuild it earlier this year.

The now demolished Royal Oak Pub in Paley Street, Littlewick Green. Credit: Foundations Heritage

The company has received mixed success on details for the project to allow it to go ahead.

The Royal Borough approved details of the front door and materials used in the rebuild, but refused plans for new windows in a decision made on June 5.