A request to cut down protected trees near Ascot, plans to build ten new flats nearby, and a houseboat called Peace are in this week’s roundup of planning applications and decisions in Bracknell and Wokingham.

You can view and comment on each application at the planning permission section of the relevant council’s website, using the application number given.

Crown Estate wants to fell protected trees at mansion on King Charles’ land

The company that manages King Charles III’s land has asked Bracknell Forest Council for permission to chop down four trees at a large house near Ascot.

It says the four trees are at risk of falling onto buildings nearby. But trees at the address are subject to a tree preservation order, which means the council has to agree before they can be felled.

In their place, the Crown Estate—the company that manages land belonging to the monarch, but isn’t his private property—says it plans to plant new trees elsewhere on the site.

Heathlands—a mansion with a swimming pool and tennis court—on Swinley Road is on land owned by the Crown Estate. It is not clear who lives there currently.

Bracknell Forest Council: application number 23/00068/TRTPO

Ten new flats on Kings Ride

Bracknell Forest Council has received plans to build ten new flats with basement parking at an address on Kings Ride near Ascot.

The council had not posted the application form for planning permission on its website at the time of publication, but had posted a latter acknowledging its receipt.

Bracknell Forest Council: application number 23/00295/OBS

Longboat mooring approved

The owners of a longboat named Peace can carry on using it for holidays and overnight stays, after being permission to continue mooring it at an address in Wargrave.

The J. Gordon says he bought Peace from its previous owners in 2008. He says it had been moored there since 1976. He then bought the land it was moored at—known as Mans Reach—in 2018.

The land’s previous owner had inherited the mooring from her parents, Colonel The Honourable Robert Philimore and The Honourable Mrs Sheila Philimore.

Wokingham Borough Council granted permission for the mooring to continue on the basis that it had been used for that purpose for ten consecutive years.

Several friends and neighbours wrote to support the application. One Mr D.J Youngman said he helped maintain the boat in return for being allowed to stay there, adding “long may it continue.”

Wokingham Borough Council: application number 230607