A WINDSOR school is proposing to build a new sixth form block, hockey pitch, and multi-use games area (MUGA).
This application is just one of the many submitted to the 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.
School plans to build a new sixth form building at public open space junction of Imperial Road and Longbourn and Windsor Girls' School, Imperial Road, Windsor (22/00514/FULL).
Windsor Girls’ School, which is an upper school for girls aged 13–18, has introduced an extended its post-16 curriculum and has meant that the sixth form has begun to outgrow its current space.
At present, there is a sixth form study area for private study which is integrated within the rest of the school.
A new two-storey sixth form building with six classrooms, two offices, a meeting room, a breakout space, and toilet facilities is proposed on the grassed area of land adjacent to the school.
In addition, the school expansion requires additional formalised sports facilities and minor internal reconfiguration to deliver the required accommodation. A new all-weather pitch is proposed on the fenced land to the north of the school, across the Longbourn road, and a new MUGA is proposed to the west of the existing all-weather pitch.
The new all-weather pitch will be marked out for mini hockey and three five-a-side football areas, while the new MUGA will have markings for two netball courts and two tennis courts. The internal reconfiguration will create enlarged classrooms and provide a new circulation route to link these spaces within the existing building to the new sixth form building.
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Royal Borough planning officers are yet to determine this application.
5G mast to be erected on the verge adjacent to Esso Garage on Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead (21/02944/FULL).
Cornerstone, the UK’s leading mobile infrastructure services company, had its plans approved to replace its 15-metre telecommunications pole with a 20 metre one.
This will come with three antennas and RRH’s, the removal of one redundant cabinet and the upgrade of the equipment within the existing equipment cabinets, along with minor ancillary works.
The new pole is to be erected approximately four metres to the southwest along the verge of the existing.
This is part of the wider rollout of 5G masts to provide faster and more reliable networks.
Royal Borough planning officers gave Cornerstone the go-ahead to upgrade its existing mobile network pole.
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College has plans approved to reduce its parking provision at East Berkshire College, Station Road, Langley, Slough (P/04239/053).
Following a study of its parking requirements, East Berkshire College is looking to reduce its parking spaces from 342 to 264 bays.
The study found the college is significantly over providing car parking spaces as staff and student travel behaviour has changed from 2020.
As part of the rationalisation, the College is also seeking to alter the eastern access on Langley Road on the southern boundary to allow two-way access and egress. It is currently exit only.
The remaining four areas of car parking are proposed to be reorganised more efficiently following the removal of a number of storage containers and small outbuildings to create 33 new spaces.
Slough planning officers gave the scheme the go-ahead.
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