A coffee shop at Slough train station and a facelift for a Wexham Road supermarket are in this week’s roundup of planning applications and decisions at Slough Borough Council.
You can view each one by going to the council’s planning website and searching for the application number provided.
Slough: coffee shop (P/15357/040)
A coffee shop has applied for permission to put up signs at Slough train station. Fairtrade coffee brand AMT wants permission to install the signs at the buffet on platforms one and two.
A statement says the listed building’s existing features should be kept, and that they have not identified any works that need doing. The application is awaiting decision by council planning officers.
Slough: supermarket (P/02189/018)
A supermarket on Wexham Road can get a facelift and new bollards after Slough Borough Council planning officers granted approval.
Sabar Foods at 215 Wexham Road wanted permission for a shop front extension. A planning statement submitted with its application to the council said owners want ‘a modern shop front to ensure that users can feel welcomed when entering the store.’
It added: “The aim is to be long-lasting, with significant kerb appeal.” Council planning officers approved the plans on Wednesday September 4.
Slough: charging station (P/10697/018)
Plans to build a charging station for up to 12 electric vehicles in Poyle have been submitted to Slough Borough Council.
Waste management firm Lanz Group wants to build the bays on what it describes as ‘scrubland’ on a corner next to the junction of Poyle New Cottages onto Bath Road.
Poyle New Cottages is mostly made up of industrial buildings but the site is next to a row of houses on Bath Road. The application is awaiting decision by council planning officers.
Slough: house extension (P/20161/001)
Planning permission for a homeowner’s house extension and porch has been refused – despite the fact that work has already been completed.
Owners of the house on St Thomas Walk in Colnbrook applied for retrospective planning permission for the extension in June this year. But council planning officers said the design was harmful to the appearance of the rest of the house.
They also said it meant some loss of open green space, harming the surrounding area too.
Their decision said: “The development fails to provide an acceptable standard of design, does not improve the quality of the surroundings and fails to respect the local distinctiveness of the area.”
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