Plans to turn a business park into flats have been rejected for not been able to provide adequate bin and cycle storage.

Property firm Sorbon Estates wanted approval to convert the Tectonic Place office complex in Holyport into 28 flats. It applied to the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead for confirmation that it had approval for this in July this year.

Sorbon argued that the conversion would reduce the number of trips by car to and from the site. In a letter accompanying its application it said: “there will be a reduced level of trip generation to the proposed use in comparison to what is generated by the existing use.”

But council officers said that new buildings would have to be built to accommodate the amount of cycle and bin parking needed to make the plans acceptable.

They said this meant that developers would need to submit a full planning application, rather than confirmation that they had approval to convert the offices into flats.

In a letter to Sorbon they said: “Bin and cycle storage facilities are required in order to demonstrate that the development would be adequately serviced in a manner which would not adversely affect the free flow of traffic and highway safety.

“Given the proposed layout within the buildings as shown on the submitted plans and the scale of provision required, this cannot be accommodated within the buildings.”