Item 1

17/02729/FULL

Land At Lower Mount Farm And To West of Unit 2B And South of Long Lane, Cookham, Maidenhead

Change of use of agricultural land for the keeping of horses.

Councillor Kellaway put forward a motion to APPROVE the application, contrary to the Officer’s recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor Saunders.

The Panel VOTED to APPROVE the application on the grounds that it preserved the openness of the Green Belt, subject to it being implemented within three years of permission being granted, contrary to the Officer recommendation. Cllr Stretton abstained from the vote, all other Members voted in favour of the motion.

(Speakers: The Panel was addressed by Dick Scarf, Cookham Society, and Geoffrey Copas, the applicant)

Item 2*

17/02812/OUT

Land Including Thames Auto Sales And The Amber Centre And Former Unit 5 Oldfield Road Maidenhead

Outline application (means of access, appearance, layout and scale only to be determined) for demolition of existing buildings, erection of a three storey building in the southern part of the site, erection of a part two/part three/part four storey building in the northern part of the site to provide 67 residential dwellings and associated parking.

It was agreed that some discussions on this item would be made in Part II, before the formal vote and decision would be made in Part I.

Councillor Wilson proposed a motion to APPROVE the application, contrary to the Officer’s recommendation. This was seconded by Cllr Love.

The Panel VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to APPROVE planning permission, contrary to the Officer recommendation, with authority to issue planning permission delegated to the Head of Planning and subject to: -1) Drafting of appropriate conditions, 2) A S.106 Agreement to ensure the provision of the 8 units of affordable housing offered by the applicant and the construction of a 2.0m wide footway across the whole of the planning application site frontage (eastern side) of Oldfield Road and, 3) A S.278 (of the Highways Act) Agreement to secure the stopping-up and reinstatement to adopted footway of the 3 existing redundant points of vehicular access to Oldfield Road and to secure the completion of the proposed new access and visibility splays into the site.

In further justification of their resolution, Members were of the view that the proposal would not be harmful to the character and appearance of the area; there is a need to provide housing within RBWM, the Sequential Test should be considered as met and the Exceptions Test could be met through a condition requiring a Flood Evacuation Plan be put in place. With regard to the loss of an Employment Site the location is better suited to housing development (as partly justified by a stated failure to market the site successfully as an employment site) and that employment uses would be better located in an alternative location, in the opinion of Members the loss of the employment use would not be detrimental.

(Speaker: The Panel was addressed by Kevin Scott, on behalf of the applicant)

Item 3*

17/03799/FULL

42 Queen Street, Maidenhead SL6 1HZ

Construction of a part 3 storey, part 4 storey and part 5 storey mixed use development, with retail accommodation at ground floor and 2 x 1, 7 x 2 bedroom apartments above, following the demolition of the

existing building.

Councillor Wilson put forward a motion to APPROVE the

Application, as per Officer’s recommendation. This was

seconded by Councillor Love.

The Panel VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to APPROVE the

application, as per the Officer’s recommendation,subject to the addition of a further condition recommended by the Environmental Protection Team with regard to the submission, approval and implementation of ventilation measures for the proposed flats.           

Item 4

18/00072/FULL

Hedsor Cottage, 11 Maidenhead Court Park, Maidenhead SL6 8HN

Erection of detached dwelling following demolition of existing garage and annexe with new vehicular access.

The item was withdrawn from the agenda.

Item 5

18/00195/FULL

Goyal, 28 Bridge Street, Maidenhead SL6 8BJ

Conversion of first, second and third floor to 3 x 1-bedroom studio flats and a detached bin store.

Councillor Hunt put forward a motion to APPROVE the application, as per the Officer’s recommendation. This was

seconded by Councillor Kellaway.

The Panel VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to APPROVE the

application, as per the Officer’s recommendation, subject to an amendment to proposed condition 5 to reference the obscure glazing to be of level 3 or higher.

Item 6

18/00199/FULL

Rosedene, Moneyrow Green, Holyport, Maidenhead SL6 2ND

Replacement porch, replacement single storey side extension with accommodation in the roof space served by an external staircase with first floor decking.

The item was withdrawn from the agenda.

Item 7

18/00233/FULL

Ivy House, 13 Hearne Drive, Holyport, Maidenhead SL6 2HZ

Two storey side extension.

Councillor Love put forward a motion to APPROVE the application, as per the Officer’s recommendation. This was

seconded by Councillor Hunt.

The Panel VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to APPROVE the

application, as per the Officer’s recommendation.

(Speaker: the Panel was addressed by David Raeside, planning consultant)