Developers in Wokingham want to convert offices in the town centre into flats.

The owners of a three building complex have have applied to turn the offices of the building into 24 flats.

Elsewhere the redevelopment of the old Garth Hill College site into a care home has been all but completed, and an elite school has applied to convert a house into a nursery.

To see plans in Wokingham, head to the borough council planning portal: planning.wokingham.gov.uk/FastWebPL/welcome.asp .

To get more details for plans within Bracknell Forest, enter the planning reference in brackets at planapp.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/online-applications.

Conversion of offices into flats in Peach Street (Wokingham app 214184)

Danobe Securities Ltd, which owns 43-47 Peach Street, has applied to convert the current offices into 24 flats.

The majority of the flats, 22, would be formed in the first and second floors of number 43, with the two other flats made on the first floor of number 47.

The ground floor of number 45 would be made into a residential foyer.

Of the flats, 10 would be one-bedroom, 10 would be two-bedroom, and four would have three bedrooms.

Future residents would make use of 16 car parking spaces, two motorbikes bays, and two  cycle parking stores, which would be contained in an undercroft.

Number 45 is a Grade II listed building known as The Forge, which used to serve as a smithy.

Numbers 43 and 47 were built around it.

A previous plan to convert the buildings into flats, application 203527 failed in May 2021 due to a lack of affordable housing, lack of an employment skills plan, and substandard amenity for future occupants.

In August that year, prior approval was given to convert 47 Peach Street into 27 flats.

New dementia care home in Sonning (Wokingham app 214173)

Developers have submitted a plan to build a new dementia care home on land next to Sonning Golf Club.

The new care home would have 80 beds contained within one large new building.

It would be built by Savista Developments Ltd and operated by Hallmark Care Homes, which runs 19 care homes in England and South Wales.

There is also extensive landscaping contained within the plan, with an outdoor gym, an activity lawn and area, and four gardens, which includes a ‘secure dementia garden’, a vegetable garden and a rose garden.

Latest on former Garth Hill College site (22/00006/COND)

The developers of the old Garth Hill College site in Sandy Lane, Bracknell have provided fresh details about the project.

The project is all but complete, with applicants Silva Homes submitting an application to the council’s planning department confirming that they have complied with all the conditions set out when it was approved in June 2013.

It involved the demolition of the old Caretaker’s House at the school site.

In its place, a six storey elderly care home was built, as part of the Extra Care scheme.

You can view the original plans using this reference: 13/00074/FUL.

Conversion of home in school grounds into nursery (21/01134/FUL)

The elite Lambrook School in Winkfield Row has applied to convert a home in its school grounds into a nursery.

The school wants to convert the house, known as Little Barn, into a nursery, with the interior changed to provide a classroom, a covered play area, toilets and a quiet room.

It also wants to make extensions to the existing house to provide space for the nursery.

Lambrook School is currently a independent preparatory school for boys and girls aged 3-13.

It is understood the use of Little Barn is limited to Lambrook School employees.