PLANS to revamp a “derelict, dangerous, and unsightly” site into new homes and offices have been chucked out by councillors.

A scheme to redevelop several vacant houses and shops along The Green and Station Road in Wraysbury was unanimously rejected by members sitting on the Windsor and Ascot development management panel on Wednesday, September 7.

The plans involved converting a former takeaway on 57, The Green, into an office, transforming the derelict car repair store on 59, The Green, into two offices and one one-bed flat, and adding a two-storey extension to the existing home at 61, The Green, for two apartments.

The former shop at 1-3, Station Road, would have been converted into four one-beds, one two-bed, and one three-bedroom flats. The land to the rear of 5-7, Station Road, was proposed to have two semi-detached homes built.

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However, planning officers were concerned the plans were ‘poorly laid out,’ leaving no meaningful landscaping at the site. They also believed the height of the homes will overlook neighbouring properties, impact the character of the area, and no affordable housing is considered not acceptable.

Wraysbury Parish Council and neighbours echoed the officer’s points and urged councillors to block the plans.

Mr Jones, who lives next door to the site, told panel members said he welcomes development to the front of the “eyesore” site, which has been like that for 35 years, but finds it “unacceptable” for raised homes to be built one metre behind his boundary.

“The proposed properties will be totally out of keeping with our 300-year-old period house,” he said.

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Meanwhile, Wraysbury Parish Council stated the “derelict, dangerous, and unsightly” place, which attracts vermin, does need development but the design is not “sympathetic” to the area and does not provide starter homes that will help young people stay in the village.

Cllr Julian Sharpe (Con: Ascot & Sunninghill) said: “This land is ripe for development of some type, but this is probably not the development to go on that site and it’s slightly inconvenienced and poorly planned as an application.

“Whilst I would love to see the development the parish council is seeking; this application has several things wrong with it as the officers' outline in their report.

“I would love to be able to support this, but I think it’s the wrong thing in the wrong place.”