Renovations at a large house in Winkfield, a lift in a listed retirement home, and new flats in Wokingham town centre are among the developments and decisions in this weeks roundup of planning applications.
You can view and comment on each application by going to the planning section of Bracknell or Wokingham council websites and entering its planning reference number into the searchbar.
(Bracknell Forest) Car wash at Bracknell Leisure Centre: 23/00276/FUL
Bracknell Leisure Centre has applied to the council for permission to build a new car wash at its car park on Bagshot Road.
(Bracknell Forest) Renovation of listed building in Winkfield: 22/00378/LB
The owners of a large house, The Old Rectory, in Winkfield have been given permission to renovate it.
The owners had to apply for special permission as it is a listed building.
(Bracknell Forest) Lift in stairway of over 55s accommodation at listed buildings: 23/00124/LB
Retirement accommodation provider Beechfield has had an application to install a lift in a grade two listed Georgian building refused.
The lift was planned at its accommodation at Binfield House on Terrace Road, North Binfield. But officers ruled the lift would be “visually harmful to the aesthetic value of the Listed Building and would harm features of special architectural and historic interest.”
(Bracknell Forest) Electric car charging points at Sandhurst Marks and Spencer: 23/00308/FUL
Marks and Spencer wants permission to install four electric car charging points in its car park at The Meadows, Camberley.
(Wokingham) 24 new flats on Peach Street approved: 214184
Plans for 24 new flats on Peach Street in Wokingham town centre have been approved two and a half years after they were submitted to the council.
The plans include ten single bedroom flats, ten two-bedroom flats and four three-bedroom flats. The flats will also have balconies and share a roof terrace.
There was some opposition to the plans after they were first submitted, with councillors complaining that developers had said it was “unviable” to provide the required amount of affordable housing, and also about an apparent lack of allocated parking.
The council’s planning committee also discussed the proposal at a meeting in April 2022. The approved the application subject to further information on parking provided.
(Wokingham) New house near site of grade two listed building: 231166
HCUK group has submitted plans to build a house on the site of a demolished, 1960s house named Silvaplana on High Street, Wargrave.
The building is close to a grade two listed vacant house, Holly Cottage.
A previous application to build on the site was rejected as out of keeping with the area. But in discussions with planning officers, it was suggested that developers also agree to renovate Holly Cottage.
A separate application for the renovation of Holly Cottage is at 231167.
(Wokingham) emergency new classroom for private school: 230992
Luckley School in Wokingham has applied for permission to put a temporary classroom in its car park after taking on more pupils than it expected.
In its application for permission, Cameron Jones planning firm said the school expected pupil numbers to rise to 370 by 2025—but already have 368 registered for September 2023, “hence the need for temporary classroom space as they make plans for the longer term.”
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