Homes for former pub site in Slough finally approved

A developer has won consent for a project to build 53 homes made up of flats and terraced houses near a large community park.

Elsewhere, a nursery next to a church in Slough is set to be expanded, and a plan for apartments in the heart of Maidenhead has been rejected.

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

Project for homes at dormant pub site approved (Slough app P/01615/007)

A CGI of the approved project to replace The Merrymakers pub, hall and bungalows with 53 homes, contained in flats and terraced houses. Credit: DHA Architecture

Development company Elstree Land has won approval to build 53 homes on the site of the former Merrymakers pub and bungalows in Meadow Road, Langley.

The site, which was made up of the pub, a community hall and a row of bungalows was all sealed off back in 2017.

The Merrymakers pub in Meadow Road, Langley, seen still standing in 2014. Credit: Google Maps

It was sold off to developer Elstree Land in November last year.

The development, which will be made up of 33 apartments and 20 terraced houses, was approved on April 10.

Extensions for nursery approved (Slough app P/01273/009)

The Oratory Montessori Nursery in Lower Britwell Road, Burnham. Credit: Google Maps

Extensions to create more space for a nursery in Burnham have been approved.

Bosses at The Oratory Montessori Day Nursery next to Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Lower Britwell Road, Burnham have won permission for three extensions.

Approved elevations for The Oratory Montessori Day Nursery in Burnham. Credit: A W Architecture

These will create space for a reception and library, an indoor playroom and two new toilets.

Upstairs, an existing one-bed flat will be converted into a sensory room and staff room after the project was approved on April 12.

Plan for Maidenhead town centre flats refused (RBWM app 24/00327/FULL)

An elevation for the refused plan to add six flats to a shop building in Maidenhead High Street. This is how the development would have looked from Providence Place. Credit: Vogue PAC

A plan to build apartments to the rear of a shop in Maidenhead High Street has been defeated.

A developer had applied to build four one-bed and two two-bed flats in a three storey building which would have been added to 40-42 High Street and front onto Providence Place.

But the development has been rejected, with Adrien Waite, the Royal Borough’s head of planning, writing that the internal layout of the proposed flats was poor, and future first floor occupants would suffer from an unacceptable loss of light.

The project was refused on April 17.

Plan for replacement home approved (RBWM app 23/02706/FULL)

A sketch of the approved project for a new five bedroom replacement home in Canon Hill Way, Holyport. Credit: HollandGreen

A plan to replace a traditional house in Holyport with a new five-bedroom home with six roof-mounted solar panels.

Justifying the project, a planning agent from HollandGreen said: “Currently living in central London, our client purchased the property due to it’s location, space and views over the surrounding fields.

“The existing house however does not meet their current and future needs in terms of accommodation.

The traditional house in Cannon Hill Way, Holyport that is set to be demolished and replaced with a new house. Credit: HollandGreen

“They are keen to build a new dwelling that will not only meet their needs for accommodation, but will still respect and compliment the surrounding landscape and context.”

The project was approved on April 16.