Windsor planning round-up: Three homes plan refused

Here are the latest approved, refused and pending planning applications about flats, houses and other significant development in Windsor.

To see more detailed plans, enter its reference number into the Windsor and Maidenhead council planning portal at https://publicaccess.rbwm.gov.uk/online-applications/ 

Refused: A plan for three homes at Victoria Road, Eton Wick, has been squashed.

It would cover Boveney Woodcraft Workshop, on land to the rear of 47 Victoria Road, which is a care home.

The proposal is to demolish the former workshop and to erect a two-storey terrace of three homes.

Each of the three terraced houses would have two bedrooms upstairs and a living/dining room, kitchen and shower downstairs. Each would have a small rear garden.

But plans were refused because the development would be taller and bulkier than surrounding buildings and ‘would be overbearing’ for the neighbours.

Moreover, it would have three windows which would face into the garden of number 45 at close quarters.

Although those windows would be glazed to obscure them, this would nevertheless ‘be likely to give rise to a perception of being overlooked,’ which would harm the neighbours’ enjoyment of their garden, officers wrote.

This glaze means the window can’t be seen out of. Other ‘poor outlooks’ from the building mean it is ‘not regarded as well-designed.’

Also, the application is not the right housing mix, says the Borough – among other problems.

Ref: 23/02450/FULL

Approved: A farm in Windsor Great Park has been allowed to install more than 500 solar panels on five of its buildings.

Russells Farm has approval for 519 roof-mounted panels.

A plan for exactly the same number of panels was refused in September (23/01846/CLASSJ).

That was a ‘prior approval’ process, as is this application – in other words, certain conditions had to be met for approval, largely relating to the size and protrusion of the solar panels.

This time, however, the application passed the test and has been approved.

Ref: 23/02463/CLASSJ

Approved: A central Windsor site will be allowed to create five units for commercial, business and services.

This applies to a set of units on the northern side of Trinity Yard, 59 St Leonards Road.

Currently there are 7 units at ground floor level, of which units two are currently unused, having previously been used for storage in the last three years.

Two others have been garages used for storage.

The proposal would result in the merging of units A and B to create one larger ground floor unit.

The upper floor of unit C would be split into three.

The conversion works will help to bring into use the units ‘which are not in any formal use.’

Officers evidently agreed the plans would make good use of the space, as the application was approved.

Ref: 23/01390/FULL