Owners have had mixed success in getting their projects for new homes across the line in Slough this week.
While a bungalow owner in a residential area has won approval for the house to be replaced, the owner of a home on a busy road in Slough has failed to get their replacement project across the line.
Meanwhile, progress is being made on a new housing estate that’s been built on a former garden centre.
You can view each decided application by typing the reference number in brackets into the relevant council’s planning portal.
Bungalow replacement with two homes approved (Slough app P/04629/002)
A project has been approved on outline to demolish a bungalow and replace it with two new homes in Downs Road, Slough.
The existing house is a bungalow with front and rear-mounted dormers to create space.
However, the owner has successfully applied to replace it with two four-bedroom semi-detached houses contained in one new building.
The outline project was approved on May 14, with applications giving further details to follow.
Langley home replacement plan refused (Slough app P/18064/004)
A project to knock down a house and replace it along a busy road in Langley has been rejected.
The owner wanted to replace the existing three-bed house in Langley Road with a new five-bed home with better facilities.
The replacement home would have come with larger living space and a parent’s bedroom on the ground floor, with four bedrooms on the first floor and a cinema room and bathroom in the loft.
The project was rejected for being “over-scaled, overly dominant and overbearing” by Slough council’s planning department on May 13.
Progress made on new estate at former garden centre (RBWM app 24/00773/CONDIT)
Developer Nicholas King Homes is making good progress on finishing up a new estate at the former Squires garden centre in West Windsor.
Oakley Mews is a 30-home new development that is nearly complete, located between Maidenhead Road and Windsor Road.
Nicholas King Homes has recently won approval for the biodiversity enhancements that come with the development.
Details of the locations and types of bird and bat boxes, log piles and gaps in fences for hedgehogs were approved by the Royal Borough on May 22.
New homes and flats in Maidenhead refused (RBWM app 23/03188/FULL)
Developer Homes by Harlequin has lost its bid to add more homes to its development in Maidenhead.
Homes for Harlequin has already built 14 homes in St Marks Road on a site that used to be a garage and MOT centre.
However, its plan for a one-bed apartment, a three-bed apartment, two two-bed apartments and four two-bed homes has been defeated.
The Royal Borough’s planning department ruled that the project would be ‘cramped’ and ‘out of keeping’ with the existing pattern of development on the site.
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