A new takeaway and the closure of NatWest on Slough High Street are in this week’s roundup of planning applications and decisions at Slough Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

You can view each one by going to the council’s planning website and searching for the application number provided.

Slough: high street takeaway (P/01590/005)

A new takeaway could open on Slough High Street, plans approved by Slough Borough Council suggest.

Council planning officers approved permission to put up a sign for a ‘Chipsta’ fries and burger bar at 311A High Street.

Chipsta already has one restaurant on Farnham Road, specialising in Belgian style frites. 311 High Street is currently occupied by Slough Communications internet cafe.

Slough: NatWest (P/00610/019)

NatWest has applied for planning permission to take down all its sign and marketing, as well as its ATMs at its branch on the High Street.

The branch is set to close on September 12, NatWest announced in March this year. It said that the ease of mobile and online banking meant fewer people were visiting the branch. The nearest branches following the closure will be at Slough Trading Estate and Maidenhead High Street.

An example of the cricket nets that could be put up at Wexham Parish HallAn example of the cricket nets that could be put up at Wexham Parish Hall (Image: Arcitek)

Slough: cricket nets (P/04144/010)

New cricket nets and bowling pitches can be put up at Wexham Parish Hall, Slough Borough Council has agreed.

Plans submitted to the council say to lanes of bowling ends will be built, using a surface that ‘provides an even level of bounce throughout the season.’

The plans say: “It also provides more movement for both seam and spin giving encouragement to bowlers and practice to the batsmen.”

Windsor and Maidenhead: Mountain Warehouse (24/00033/ADV)

Mountain Warehouse on Peascod Street has had permission to keep its signage above its store – as long as it isn’t illuminated, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has ruled.

A previous application for illuminated signs was refused by the council on the grounds that they harm the appearance and the character of the conservation area in the town centre.

The shop applied again, arguing that other shops had been allowed illuminated signs. But it didn’t submit a heritage statement showing how it had considered its own sign’s impact on the area, meaning planning officers didn’t change their opinion.

It eventually amended the application to remove the illumination, leading to its approval for planning permission.

Windsor and Maidenhead: school solar panels (24/01003/CLASSJ)

Charters School in Sunningdale, Ascot, can erect solar panels on its roofs, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has confirmed.

Plans submitted to the council say around 1,003 panels will be installed on the roofs of the school.

They say that the school is ‘almost isolated’ from surrounding properties, and is shielded by trees, meaning ‘there will be no possible impact from the proposed solar arrays towards nearby land occupants.