INDIAN restaurant changes once refused in Wokingham are back, and plans for a fence to keep dogs out of Dinton Pastures’ Park archery area are among the proposals put forward to Wokingham Borough Council or Bracknell Forest Council this past week.

Below is a round up of the latest applications submitted or validated by either authority with the planning application numbers to find more details on the councils' planning portals.

Wokingham: 241475

An application to make the archery area of Dinton Pastures Country Park more secure has been validated this past week.

The park want to build a green wire mesh security fence to replace the current one, made of wood and rope.

On the application is says that there have been some occasions where members of the public have entered the area, but the main issue is with dogs, uncontrolled by their owners. They do not expect the fence to disrupt views of the surrounding nature.

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Bracknell Forest: 24/00207/FUL

The building of a three-bedroom detached house on Fernbank Road in Ascot has been rejected by Bracknell Forest Council.

The proposed site is made up of two adjoining properties, respectively owned by siblings. They wanted to build the new house using parts of both houses ‘under-utilised’ gardens.

But the council has ruled that it would result in a cramped form of development, going against the visual amenity of the area. They added it would have an adverse impact on trees and that the site was at risk of groundwater flooding.

Wokingham: 241545

The Sultan Indian Restaurant has had its second attempt of getting plans for a new, illuminating sign validated.

Located on 7 Market Place in the town centre, the restaurant has operated at the listed building site for more than 30 years.

It’s first application was refused by the Wokingham Borough Council in May which said plans for the site were ‘unsympathetic’ given it’s ‘prominent location’ in the conservation area of the town centre.

It added that the plans for the video screen illumination would be ‘detrimentally harmful to the historic character and setting of the listed building’.

Now, the new application is ‘paired back’, taking into account the reasons for refusal previously. It also reminds the council that neighbouring shops have similar signs.

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Wokingham: 241601

Bird boxes have been installed in the latest update on the ongoing conversion of Ashridge Farm’s conversion into flats.

Consulting firm Aspect Ecology said bird boxes would increase nesting opportunities at the site, and would ideally be put into retained trees, as high up as possible.

Now, they have said that the potential location of the installation is extremely limited but have confirmed that the bird boxes have been put in accordance with their guidance.