Several flats have been refused approval 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 flats (F/00912/017)

Plans to convert shops at the end of the High Street have been rejected – with Slough Borough Council raising concerns about whether the use of the top floors is lawful.

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Property developer Danny Edgar wanted permission to convert the ground floor of 4 High Street into flats. The ground floor is currently split into three shops, two of which are empty, with the other occupied by Flower Tale florist.

A planning statement submitted to the council also said there are 12 homes at the rear and upper level of the building.

But council planning officers rejected the plans, saying developers hadn’t submitted information to show new residents would have enough space, light and noise protection.

Officers also said concerns had been raised ‘as to whether the use of the upper floors are lawful’. They said that if even if the rest of the application had been successful, they would have had to conduct an audit of the upper floors ‘to ensure they are lawful’.

Slough: Loft flat (P/00024/007)

A homeowner has been told they can’t have two flats in their loft – after having already converted it.

Plans to build a dormer as part of a loft conversion at the house on Baylis Parade were originally approved in 2016. Those plans said the conversion was to serve as a children’s play room and study room.

But new plans submitted to the council in May this year suggest that at some point the loft and dormer were converted into two flats without planning permission.

After applying for retrospective planning permission the owner was told the conversion was not acceptable as residents of the flats would have unacceptable levels of space and light.

RBWM: Flats refused (24/02115/FULL)

Plans to demolish a house on a residential street in Maidenhead and replace it with a block of five flats have been refused.

Investment firm R&J Capital wanted permission for the development at 59 Norden Road in Boyn Hill.

But planning officers at the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead said the development would ‘result in unacceptable living conditions for the future occupants of flat 5’. They said living conditions would be ‘cramped, substandard and oppressive’.