A VACANT guest house’s outbuildings could be knocked down for new homes if planning officers agree.
This is just one of the many applications 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.
Plans to erect a large family home are approved for the fourth time at Gibraltar Lane, Cookham, Maidenhead (22/01997/REM).
An applicant known as ‘Mr Allan Scott’ got the final sign-off from Royal Borough planning officers to build a single five-bedroom house on green belt land north of Old Well House.
The house will have an Edwardian look and will include a double garage and a boathouse.
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An identical planning application was approved in 2008 and then later in 2010. The plans hit a brick wall where another approval was given in 2017.
Developers have three years to start building their schemes. If they don’t within that timeframe, the permission will lapse, and another application will have to be submitted and re-approved.
Outbuildings beside a vacant guest house could be replaced for new homes at 42 High Street, Colnbrook, Slough (P/00655/025).
Two semi-detached homes that hold three-bedrooms each could be the latest edition to the village near Heathrow Airport.
If approved by Slough planning officers, it will involve demolishing the two outbuildings next to the empty guest house, known as The Cedar.
The proposal will use the existing car park used by The Cedar house. Each house will have pedestrian access from both the High Street and nearby Rayners Close.
Each homeowner will also have a private garden to the rear and the front.
A barn and a bungalow could be demolished for new homes at Cherry Garden Lane, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead (22/02595/FULL).
An applicant known as ‘Mr Dan East’ has submitted plans to build three new homes and one replacement home that could replace a bungalow, a barn, and other equestrian facilities.
The properties are two-storeys in height with hipped roofs to make it in keeping with the number of homes close by.
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The developer said the plans will benefit the community by providing new houses and removing “unattractive” commercial buildings that have no architectural merit and are of “generally poor aesthetic appearance”.
Parking and storage are proposed but the design and access statement does not state how many parking bays there will be.
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