DEATH, taxes and… interesting or controversial planning applications in Bracknell Forest — the three certainties in life.
So without further ado, here are five proposals sent to council chiefs in the past week which caught our eye.
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All applications are pending consideration and can be viewed in full detail by entering the planning reference number at https://planapp.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/online-applications/.
New fence outside the Royal British Legion building (planning reference: 19/01059/3)
Last October, the News revealed plans to convert the former Royal British Legion building into a new shop.
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It now looks like things are moving forward with this proposal - as town centre bosses seek permission to put a screening fence around the site.
The Stanley Walk space has been closed since 2013 after “unsustainable losses” meant the charity could not keep its social club open.
A wash and fuel station in Bracknell (19/01119/FUL)
A bus wash, fuel station and new egress could be added to Bracknell Business Centre on Downmill Road.
Courtney Buses bosses want to add to the existing forecourt having moved their office-based operations and bus depot to a nearby site at The Maple Centre.
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The facility will have the capacity to wash and refuel approximately 35 buses per day at the site.
A new golf academy in Binfield (19/01098/FUL)
Blue Mountain Golf Club bosses want to add to their golf entertainment centre on land west of Wood Lane.
The development of the Golf Academy will involve re-profiling and landscaping this part of the site.
The site will mainly be covered in a new short game area fairway, with three clustered areas of new semi-rough, each surrounded by an out of play grassland/ wildflower area.
Users of the Golf Academy will park in the main approved Golf Centre car park and be transported across the course via a golf buggy.
New home at a kennel in Binfield (20/00010/FUL)
Oakwood Park Kennels managers want to add a new mobile home at their Peacock Lane site.
The current owners of the Kennels are retiring, according to a planning statement and live in the existing home at the site.
A new home is proposed so the new managers can live here as the 150 dogs typically at the site need 24 hour care seven days a week.
Changes at the Royal Military Academy (19/01048/LB)
The Model Room on the first floor of the Old College at the Sandhurst site is used as a lecture hall.
It is a listed building and has building protections attached to it, meaning site bosses have to get planning authority permission before changes can be made.
The projection room is set to be removed from the hall, meaning the lecture theatre could have 124 seats rather than the existing 94.
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