A project to replace an abandoned house under construction with new terraced homes in Slough has been rejected.

Builders appear to have abandoned the construction of a house in a residential area, with a developer failing in their bid to add more homes to the site.

Meanwhile, new housing plans in two separate areas of the Royal Borough have both been shot down.

You can view each decided application by typing the reference in brackets into the relevant council’s planning portal.

Homes plan refused (Slough app P/08338/003)

Slough Observer: The refused plan for three two-bed terraced homes in Myrtle Crescent, Slough. Credit: Zyntax

A landowner was hoping to knock down an abandoned but mostly complete new house at the junction of Mrytle Crescent and Elliman Avenue and replace it with terraces.

The landowner had hoped to get rid of the incomplete house, but the project to replace it with three two-bedroom homes has been refused.

A council planning officer argued the terraced homes would be “squeezed” onto the site, and would result in the loss of amenity for neighbours.

The project was rejected on February 29.

Replacement of bungalow with new home approved (Slough app P/16337/015)

Slough Observer: An existing bungalow in Mina Avenue, Slough, which can be demolished to make way for a four bedroom home. Credit: Google Maps

A project to replace a small bungalow in a sought-after street in Slough has been approved.

The owner of a bungalow in Mina Avenue applied to replace it with a four-bed, two-storey home with a separate gym in the garden.

Slough Observer: The site plan for a new four-bedroom home and external gym in Mina Avenue, Slough. Credit: Slough planning app P 16337 015

The project was approved by the council’s planning department on March 1.

The bungalow was bought in 2015 for £410,000.

Four new homes in Berkshire village rejected (RBWM app 23/01539/FULL)

Slough Observer: The refused site plan for the project to build four homes off Lower Road, Cookham. Credit: Arktec

A plan to build four new four-bedroom homes next to the railway track in Cookham has been refused.

The company Palatine Homes was hoping to build the homes between the Hedsordene development and the Maidenhead to Marlow railway line.

Adrien Waite, the Royal Borough’s head of planning, rejected the application, out of concerns over road safety with the access plan from Lower Road, among other reasons.

The project was refused on March 6.

Replacement of grand house and cottage with mansions rejected (24/00006/FULL)

Slough Observer: Charlecombe Hall in Chanctonbury Drive, Sunningdale. Credit: Ascot Design

A project to replace the grand Charlecombe Hall house and cottage with two new mansions has been refused.

The developer Chartlake Properties was hoping to demolish the £2.95 million house with its ancillary cottage in Chanctonbury Drive, Sunningdale and replace it with two mansions.

Slough Observer: The refused elevations for two mansions to replace Charlecombe Hall house and cottage in Sunningdale. Credit: Ascot Design

Each of these new homes would have been 2.5 storeys tall and built of similar design, creating space for two wealthy families to live.

However, rejecting this project on March 4, Mr Waite wrote that the proposed mansions would have resulted in a ‘cramped and contrived layout’ that would have been ‘visually incongruous and dominant’ in relation to neighbouring properties in the area.