A Slough Indian restaurant that made adjustments during the pandemic could be replaced with new facilities and flats according to a plan.
The Star Karahi restaurant near the town centre could temporarily close to make way for an all-new building with leisure units on the ground floor and flats above.
The restaurant changed into more of a takeaway operation in the wake of the pandemic, with part of its substantial premises changing into a hairdresser and then a tea room.
Elsewhere, plans have been submitted for new homes in Windsor and Maidenhead.
You can view each application by typing its reference in brackets into the relevant council’s planning portal.
Slough restaurant could be replaced with new facilities (P/10083/009)
The Star Karahi at 37-39 Herschel Street in Slough town centre could be replaced with new restaurant facilities and flats.
The address is currently made up of three units at ground level occupied by Star Karahi, Rumi Pizza and Star Faluda & Chaat, with a first floor above the Karahi consisting of two bedrooms, a bathroom and an office.
Now a plan has been submitted to demolish it and replace it with a new building consisting of two commercial units and one bedroom studio flats.
Back in 2020, Star Karahi owner Mohammed Shahid turned part of the restaurant into barbers due to tumbling customer numbers.
The middle unit previously served as the Star Touch barbers from Autumn 2020 onwards, until it was seen converted into the Star Faluda & Chaat tea room in November 2022.
Demolition of buildings at hospital (P/09190/037)
A plan has been submitted to demolish blocks 15-18 and 26 of Upton Hospital in Albert Street.
Part of the site used to serve as the Slough NHS Walk-in Centre, which is listed as permanently closed.
The rest of the site is occupied by the Jack in the Box nursery, the Chapel and Herschel medical centres, and the Slough Medicare Clinic, according to Google Maps.
No planning documents have appeared on the council’s planning portal at the time of writing.
Creation of three homes in Windsor town centre (RBWM app 23/01484/FULL)
The owner of a building right in the middle of Windsor has applied to alter and extend the building to create three one-bedroom homes.
The property, 4-5 Peascod Street, occupies a prominent position near the Castle, and currently consists of two retail units at ground floor, with a maisonette and commercial storage on both of the first and second floors.
The plan involves extending the building upwards to create a new flat and retaining retail units at ground level.
An image planning agents PLC Architecture has used appears to be a Google Maps image from 2018, as Mr Simms sweets has moved further down Peascod Street.
Conversion of undercroft parking into housing in Maidenhead (23/01487/FULL)
A plan has been submitted to build three ground-floor flats at current undercroft parking at Belmont Place, a closed office building in Maidenhead.
The ‘infill’ of the undercroft would allow for the creation of one two-bed and two one-bed apartments.
The addition of three homes would go alongside plans to convert Belmont Place from offices into flats.
L L 0 Maidenhead, the developer is seeking to provide a total of 25 flats at the building, 22 in the existing structure and an additional three by filling in the undercroft parking.
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