This week’s planning round up features a new outdoor seating area for a pub.
You can find out more about each application by searching the application number in Bracknell Forest Council or Wokingham Borough council’s online planning portals.
Bracknell Forest Council: 24/00614/CLPUD
A bid to turn part of a garage into a home office has been refused by Bracknell Forest Council.
Owners of number 3, Clark Close in Crowthorne wanted to add a new window to the space as well as conversion.
But it was refused by Bracknell Forest Council on the grounds that the garage should be for parking.
Planning permission should be sought for this, meaning a certificate of lawfulness could not be given.
Bracknell Forest Council: 24/00549/FUL
Oakwood Climbing Centre will get a brand-new high ropes course after permission was given by Bracknell Forest Council.
The centre on Waterloo Road offers activities including archery, climbing and abseiling to groups of children, adults and school residential trips.
The ‘Youth Challenge’ will be getting a new high rope course as well a new addition of a zip line landing area.
The high ropes will be 12 metres high and 20 metres wide, while the zip wire will be 110 metres long.
It recently had a stretch tent-style canopy over the outdoor climbing structure approved, allowing climbing to take place in wet weather.
Wokingham Borough Council: 242620
The Two Poplars pub will be getting a new outside seating area after plans were approved by Wokingham Borough Council.
The pub on Finchampstead Road wants to demolish its existing conservatory and build a wooden pergola in its place.
This would have a timber structure with a sheet roof and would contain heaters providing a ‘warm, welcoming aesthetic’ for customers.
It will be open-sided to ‘create a more flexible and welcoming outdoor space’ for patrons.
Pub owners say the conservatory has become ‘outdated’, is ‘poorly insulated and no longer fit for purpose’.
Bracknell Forest Council: 24/00682/PAD
A plan for an outbuilding on land in Sandhurst has been refused by Bracknell Forest Council.
The applicant wanted to build a small outbuilding on land adjacent to 144 High Street in Sandhurst for forestry use.
Three people had objected to the plans, claiming a loss of trees and concerns over traffic. They also said the proposed use is ‘not clear’.
Planning officers then refused the plans as the applicant had not submitted evidence to show woodlands would not be impacted by the construction of the building.
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