The demolition of a huge office building for an American computer business in Bracknell has been given the go-ahead.
Dell House, which served as the European headquarters for computer company Dell, will be demolished and is set to be replaced with three new commercial buildings.
That is just one of the planning decisions made in the area recently.
Elsewhere, an apartment building near Ascot is set to be extended to provide more flats, and a disabled villager will be getting a carport that will help them into and out of their house.
You can view each approved application by typing the reference in brackets into the relevant council’s planning portal.
Dell House demolition (Bracknell app 25/00619/DEM)
Dell House in Cain Road, urban Binfield, will be demolished to clear the way for new businesses to occupy the site.
The computer company vacated in July 2022. A related plan (ref 25/00066/FUL) would see three new commercial buildings built in its place.
The demolition project was briefly mentioned at Bracknell Forest Council’s planning committee meeting on November 6.
Councillor Tricia Brown (Labour, Priestwood & Garth), chair of the committee, explained that the demolition project was approved by the council’s planning department.
Extension to add flats to apartment building approved (Bracknell app 24/00091/FUL)
A two-storey rear extension to add three two-bed flats to an apartment complex in Priory Road, Ascot, has been approved.
The building, called Orchard House, currently contains seven flats.
Winkfield Parish Council recommended that the extension be refused, arguing that insufficient parking was proposed.
However, the plan was amended to provide additional parking within the existing forecourt, with the application duly being approved on November 10.
Carport for disabled villager approved (Wokingham app 252132)
The installation of a carport for a disabled villager at a rural location in Binfield has been given the go-ahead.
The plan involves installing the carport at Broom House, a rural bungalow in the parish of St Nicholas Hurst.
Assessing the project, a Wokingham Borough Council planning officer acknowledged that it did not comply with the borough design guide as it would be sited at the front of the house.
However, the benefit to a disabled resident and the modest size of the carport outweighed this concern, with the plan being approved on November 3.
Replacement of breakfast room at historic house (Wokingham app 242577)
The owner of a historic house has won permission to replace a 1970s breakfast room with a new extension.
The project will see a new timber conservatory built in the place of the existing extension at South Scarletts in Hare Hatch.
The Scarletts was built by James Leigh-Perrot, Jane Austen’s maternal uncle, in the 18th century.
But in the 1950s, the house was lying derelict, with plans being approved it into three homes.
