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3 Switchback Office Park Gardner Road Maidenhead

24/02157/CLAMAPrior Approval Class MARefused
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use from office building (Class E) to residential (Class C3) for 7no. dwellings.

Received
6 September 2024
Decided
4 November 2024 · Prior Approval Required and Refused
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Furze Platt
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Windsor67% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for a change of use at 3 Switchback Office Park Gardner Road Maidenhead. Windsor has handled 632 applications of this type and approves 72% of them, typically deciding them in 46 days. This one was decided in 59 days, 13 days longer than Windsor's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Furze Platt.

Application Details

Reference
24/02157/CLAMA
Address
3 Switchback Office Park Gardner Road Maidenhead
Local Authority
Windsor
Application Type
Prior Approval Class MA
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Furze Platt
Parish
Maidenhead Unparished

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
WSP 70 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1AF

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
6 September 2024
Consultation Expiry
9 October 2024
Target Decision Date
6 November 2024
Date Decided
4 November 2024
Date Validated
11 September 2024
Date Submitted
6 September 2024
Neighbour Consultation End
9 October 2024
Last Date for Comments
22 October 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
Prior Approval Required and Refused
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13384778
Documents
25
Coordinates
51.536537, -0.735281
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Appeal History

3355322
Appeal Withdrawn
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 January 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Source: Windsor

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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