IT’S that time of the week again where we reveal the most interesting planning applications determined by or submitted to the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and Slough Borough Council.
In this week’s edition, an old pub will be demolished for new flats and a convenience store, a new takeaway could be set up at the Baylis Parade, and a new click and collect drive-thru will be added to the Asda in Slough.
A new click and collect drive-thru canopy at the Asda on Telford Drive, Slough (P/05370/078).
Planning officers approved Asda’s plans for a new click-and-collect canopy – which would reportedly help aid customers’ home shopping collection as it is currently a locker-type system.
This has been designed to ‘limit any unnecessary’ development.
The current click and collect locker arrangement proposal is for it to be removed in its entirety, and the customer car parking spaces will be reinstated in its place to the east of the site.
A new click and collect drive thru canopy at the Asda on Telford Drive, Slough (P/05370/078).
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In the design and access statement, they state: “The aim of the scheme is to increase the efficiency of the existing click and collect operation and improve the experience for customers which will lead to more of the local community having access to and being served by this service.
“The click and collect canopy will be a new proposed item to allow covered access whilst groceries are loaded from the existing home shopping area.”
Bollards will accompany the white lining to safeguard existing pedestrian thoroughfares.
The proposal will not alter the general store layout as well as the storefront pedestrian crossings.
Change of use from a betting shop to a takeaway and eat in at Baylis Parade, Slough (P/00024/005).
The old William Hill betting shop could be transformed into a takeaway as developers try to improve footfall around the parade during the pandemic.
Takeaway businesses can run during a lockdown, and during any restrictions, with social distancing measures in place as per the government guidelines.
Change of use from a betting shop to a takeaway and eat in at Baylis Parade, Slough (P/00024/005).
The opening hours will be consistent with the rest of the high street and the shop front would remain untouched, allowing the development at street level to be unchanged.
The parade consists of 17 shop premises, of which only three are takeaways, one is currently closed, and has been closed for over a year.
In the planning statement, the applicants say: “The use proposed will not upset the balance of the uses on this parade, and it will bring new business to this parade, as well as help footfall onto the high street, by bringing on an established branded takeaway.”
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Demolition of the existing garages and replacement with a single-storey front extension to provide three-bedrooms at Manor Lodge Probation Hostel, Straight Road, Old Windsor (21/00477/FULL).
In order to reduce the number of released prisoners placed in hotel accommodation and increase their care and management, The Ministry of Justice – who owns and occupies the site – has sought to increase the Lodge’s capacity by three rooms.
This involves demolishing the existing two garages and building a new structure in its place with liveable space.
Demolition of the existing garages and replacement with a single storey front extension to provide three-bedrooms at Manor Lodge Probation Hostel, Straight Road, Old Windsor (21/00477/FULL).
The proposed appearance of the new structure will be in keeping with the existing structure and adjoining building.
As part of the development, a covered walkway is proposed to be erected to the north of the new structure and existing building to connect the new bedrooms to the main building.
They said in a planning statement: “The proposed increase of three bedrooms is not considered a significant intensification of the existing use of the site but will nonetheless make an important contribution to the national demand for AP [approved premises] bed spaces.”
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Mixed use redevelopment comprising a convenience store and five residential flats above at St Leonards Road, Windsor (20/03262/FULL).
The old Duke of York pub will be demolished to make way for five flats, which will be two storeys and comprise four one-beds and one two-bed.
The flats share separate residential access at ground floor level. Each of the flats has an associated private external terrace.
Mixed use redevelopment comprising a convenience store and five residential flats above at St Leonards Road, Windsor (20/03262/FULL).
At ground floor, plans have been approved for a new Co-Op store where it will have 16 car parking spaces, comprising six residential (including one disabled) and 10 retail (including one wheelchair accessible) spaces.
The residential and retail car parking areas are separate, each with their own road entry/exit point.
There will be a cycle parking provision of two spaces for the convenience store’s customers situated near the store entrance. Additionally, five long-stay cycle parking spaces will be provided in a secure cycle store within the residential entrance to serve the five flats.
Following a community door-to-door survey on the new Co-Op store, 200 residents participated and gave their feedback on the scheme.
The report found that the majority of residents said the existing local food offering was merely OK (44%) and, notably, a large number of residents (40%) thought the local food offering is poor.
Ninety-two stated they are or likely to use the new Co-Op store in the future.
Mixed use redevelopment comprising a convenience store and five residential flats above at St Leonards Road, Windsor (20/03262/FULL).
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A previous application was withdrawn last year due to the overall height of the building – but planners have gone back to the drawing board and have reduced the scale of it to make it ‘comparable’ to the St Leonard’s Road street scene.
According to the developers, the tenant of the Duke of York pub said over the past three years, the pub has not made a profit as they only see five or six people in there on Fridays.
In the past, the pub had darts and pool teams, but they have disbanded in recent years and moved away from the area.
The tenant said after 25 years of trade there is no longer a commercially viable basis for the Duke of York to remain as a pub and intends to close it down and vacate the premises.
Mixed use redevelopment comprising a convenience store and five residential flats above at St Leonards Road, Windsor (20/03262/FULL).
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