Ascot Racecourse High Street Ascot SL5 7JX

26/00517/CLAJ14Class J14 - Prior ApprovalAwaiting decision

Outline / PiP

Proposal

Prior approval for the proposed installation of solar equipment on non-domestic premises on the Grandstand.

Received: 27 February 2026
Decision due: 4 May 2026
Council: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Ward: Ascot & Sunninghill

ReceivedReceived27 Feb
ValidatedValidated9 Mar
Consult.Consultation15 Apr
TargetTarget Date4 May
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Ascot Racecourse High Street Ascot SL5 7JX. Windsor has handled 644 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Ascot & Sunninghill. We hold 1,445 applications in total for the SL5 postcode area.

67% of outline applications at Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: SL5 7JX
Application type: Class J14 - Prior Approval
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Sunninghill And Ascot Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 March 2026
Last date for comments: 15 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 41-43 Maddox Street London W1S 2PD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14731463
Documents: 15

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Green belt: Windsor and Maidenhead
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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Windsor

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