PLANS to build new flats, retail units, and an office in a village south of Buckinghamshire have been submitted.
This is just one of the many applications submitted to local authorities in Slough, Windsor, and Maidenhead in the past seven days.
To view more details for each application, go to the respective council’s planning portal with the reference number attached.
Council refuses permission to demolish a pumping station to build a new home at Main Road, Drayton Parslow (22/03088/APP).
A developer was denied their request to construct a two-bed, one-storey home within the Bucks countryside.
But planning officers blocked the scheme, believing a new home in the unsustainable location would be an ‘incongruous addition to the rural landscape’.
They also reported that the applicant ‘failed’ to submit evidence the development would not harm highway safety, biodiversity, and trees at the site. Officers also said the home would ‘fail to provide adequate’ outdoor amenity space.
Plans submitted to build new flats and retail units submitted at Gore Road, Burnham (PL/22/3553/FA).
A developer wants to construct a three-storey building that consists of 12 one-beds and 13 two-bedroom apartments with two ground floor commercial units. Five of the flats are proposed to be affordable.
They are also proposing to convert the nearby warehouse into an office building. The two commercial units are proposed to be Class E – meaning they could be shops, cafes, or office space.
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The planning application states the applicant discussed providing three-bedroom flats with the housing association, but feedback showed they were ‘not interested’ in that proposal.
The site includes 44 car parking bays and 32 cycle parking spaces. A communal rooftop garden is also proposed, and each apartment could have a private balcony.
Officers reject two homes following an objection at The Crescent, The Common, Stokenchurch (22/06775/FUL).
Developer SSPD Ltd wanted to demolish the existing cottages that have some historic and architectural interest to erect two two-bedroom homes.
The developer stated the cottages are in such a poor condition that the cost of their restoration is financially unviable.
They also said the plans will not have an ‘adverse effect’ on the conservation area and will provide ‘good quality living space’.
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A neighbour wrote in to object to the scheme, fearing the homes will overlook their back garden and the planted overhanging trees will encroach and overshadow their property.
Planning officers have said they are ‘not convinced’ that the applicant looked at alternative options to refurbish the cottages in order to preserve their conservation. They also believed the applicant has not done enough to increase biodiversity at the site.
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