The council are set to review plans to demolish a corner shop and car garage to make way for more housing.

Rolfe Judd Planning has submitted proposals to build 13 apartments at 39-41 Elmshott Lane, currently occupied by National Tyres and Autocare and One Stop supermarket.

On Wednesday, January 31, Slough Borough Council's planning committee will meet to discuss the plans, which if given the go ahead will see a new building built consisting of ground floor commercial floorspace and a mix of one, two and three bed apartments over three to four floors.

The land lies on the southeastern corner of Elmshott Lane and Bower Way, opposite Cippenham Primary School and adjacent to a car seller with forecourt. 

A previous application for the site planned to include 26 apartments, but was declared "not acceptable" by the council in 2019 due to height and privacy issues with neighbouring properties.

When neighbours were approached in January 2023 with refreshed plans, the council received 41 objections on a range of issues from losing the current shop to parking and drainage concerns.

Upon recent amendments, the council has received 52 letters of support for the proposal.

It is recommended by Planning Officer Michael Scott that Slough Borough Council approve the plans.

In the notes Slough Borough Council Highways and Transport have acknowledged: "Zero car parking spaces are proposed for the 13 proposed dwellings and the Class E commercial unit."

The council say they are willing to accept this as the land falls in a defined shopping area and a road survey found available parking on neighbouring roads.

Slough Borough Council's Urban Design Advisor said: "This is a real opportunity to create a development which would make a meaningful improvement to both the public realm and the character of the local area."

The developer has said: "The proposed scheme seeks to make beneficial residential use of currently under-utilised land by delivering an exemplary designed building using high-quality materials.

"The layout and scale of the proposed scheme have been carefully considered in the context of the surrounding area and local vernacular, responding to the neighbouring development in scale, height and design.

"The proposed scheme aims to be a sustainable development designed to be car-free, with maximum cycle parking provision."