New flats could be built at site of The Mango Tree in Crowthorne

That’s one of a number of interesting planning applications submitted to Bracknell Forest Council recently.

For full details of each plan, enter the planning reference number at planapp.bracknell-forest.gov.uk.

New homes at former Indian restaurant (21/00217/FUL)

Developers are hoping to add eight new flats in one building where The Mango Tree once stood on Church Street in Crowthorne.

Ten new homes at former Mange Tree pub

This is applicant Neil De-Mendonca’s sixth attempt at converting the Indian eatery, which closed around 2016 and has already been demolished.

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The proposer’s most recent application -- to house ten flats in one building at the site -- was refused in October 2020 after council planning chiefs ruled the development would be ‘detrimental to the character of the area’, ‘cramped’ and ‘unsafe’ from an access point of view.

The Bracknell Forest pubs which have been turned into new homes

But now the applicant has come back with revised plans for two fewer flats compared to the last scheme.

This is still three more flats, however, than was proposed in 2017 when the applicant gained planning permission to build five flats at the site.

Six new homes in Winkfield Row (21/00128/FUL)

Land east of Ronans Lodge could be home to six new dwellings if planners get their way.

The new homes would go up on grassland historically used for grazing horses, according to new plans submitted by Winkfield Developers Ltd.

The six homes will go up off Forest Road

Each of the new homes will feature five-bedrooms with garages.

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If approved, the site would be accessed from Chavey Down Road, which will be widened and enhanced ‘as necessary.’

Tree-cutting plans (20/00287/TRTPO)

Six trees could be chopped down at a property in Sandhurst.

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New plans submitted to the council indicate the trees would be pulled down at a home on Beech Ride.

Three of the trees set to be cut down

Few details are given, however, other than all the trees earmarked for felling are protected.

As with the applications above, this plan is pending consideration from Bracknell Forest Council.

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