A huge plan to build 226 homes on woodland on the the outskirts of Bracknell have been submitted.
Developers want to build a massive new residential community at Beaufort Park, which is next to Great Hollands Recreation Ground and Easthampstead Park cemetery.
Elsewhere, the owners of a pub in Warfield that’s been closed for over a year want to convert it into a four bedroom home.
In Wokingham Borough, a plan has been submitted for extensions to a Grade II in Sindlesham, and a charity has applied to build 18 affordable flats for future beneficiaries in Earley.
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To view each plan in detail in Bracknell Forest enter the planning reference in brackets into the search bar of the borough’s planning portal here: https://planapp.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/online-applications/.
To see plans in Wokingham Borough, head to the council’s planning portal: https://planning.wokingham.gov.uk/FastWebPL/welcome.asp .
226 homes plan for Beaufort Park (21/00986/FUL)
Southern Homes Ownership development company has applied to build a massive 226 homes at Beaufort Park on the western outskirts of Bracknell.
Of these, 79 would be two bedroom, 94 would be three-bedroom 53 would be four-bedroom, and up to 50 per cent of the development would be reserved for affordable housing,
The site itself is bordered by an oil pipeline which runs to the south.
The developers admit that a large amount of trees will have to be cut down to make way for the homes, but claim all tree losses will be mitigated through tree and shrub planting which is proposed throughout the site.
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Access would be provided in a turning on South Road and a new roundabout on Nine Mile Ride.
The site is also nearby the Beaufort Park offices, which have been vacant since 2009. A plan to replace the office building with 68 homes (reference 17/01123/OUT) was rejected but granted on appeal in April 2018.
The 68 home plan was submitted by housebuilders Taylor Wimpey. Satellite images show that the Beaufort Park building has not been demolished yet.
Conversion of pub into home in Warfield (21/00925/FUL)
Caldecotte Group, the owners of The New Leathern Bottle in Jealott’s Hill, want to convert it into a four-bedroom home.
In order for the conversion to take place, the owners have applied to remove the bar, change the men’s toilet into a home toilet, the women’s toilet into a utility room, and make the kitchen fit for home use.
The pub currently has two bedrooms, so two of the rooms on the first floor would be converted into new bedrooms.
One of the bedrooms would become ensuite.
The New Leathern Bottle ceased trading in September last year.
Google Maps images show the pub’s car entrance being sealed off by concrete boulders.
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Because the pub is Grade II listed, a Heritage Impact Assessment has been submitted as part of the plan.
According to Historic England, the pub dates back to the 17th Century.
Mole Bridge Farm Mole Road Sindlesham Wokingham RG2 9JQ (Two Wokingham applications 213375 and 213376)
Here, the owners of Mole Bridge Farm in Sindlesham have applied to extend and adapt one of their outbuildings and build a new orangery.
For construction to occur a ground floor chimney breast would have to be removed, a new opening between kitchen and orangery involving the loss of modern windows and doors.
The outbuilding would have part of its rear wall removed so the timber frame extension can be added.
Application 213375 relates to the construction of the annexe, and application 213376 relates to the construction of the orangery.
You can view both applications using the reference numbers in brackets above, and see plans for the annexe and orangery in the gallery above.
Because Mole Bridge Farm is Grade II listed, the applicants have had to submit a Heritage Impact Assessment.
According to Historic England, the farmhouse dates back to the 17th Century.
Charity house expansion plans (Wokingham app 213457)
A housing charity in Reading has applied to build three new blocks for future residents to live in in Earley.
The Reading Almshouse Charity provides housing for those in need in the area.
It has recently applied to expand its location at Liberty House, Lower Earley.
The charity took over Liberty House and provides 36 apartments for its beneficiaries there.
Now it wants to build three new two-storey blocks to provide 18 affordable apartments on a field next to Liberty House.
Of these, 16 would be one-bedroom and two would be two-bedroomed.
Each new block would have six flats within it.
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