Planning application
Guildgate House High Street Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7AP
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for Prior Approval for the change of use of first and second floors from offices (Class B1(a)) and the lobby access from the street and rear car park to residential (Class C3) consisting of 12 no. studio apartments.
As published by the council, reference 14/00079/PAC
Application record
- Reference
- 14/00079/PAC
- Type
- Prior Approval COU B1 to C3
- Status
- Prior Approval COU Granted
- Decision
- Prior Approval COU Granted B1-C3
- Received
- 24 Jan 2014
- Validated
- 24 Jan 2014
- Decided
- 13 Mar 2014
- Ward
- Crowthorne
- Parish
- Crowthorne Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- RG45 7AP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bracknell Forest register
This site has had 4 applications since 2014: 3 approved, 1 refused.
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15/00086/FUL Granted
Guildgate House High Street Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7AP
External changes to the front elevation
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14/01168/PAC Granted
Guildgate House High Street Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7AP
Application for Prior Approval for the change of use of the first and second floor of the building from B1 (a) offices to C3 (dwelling houses) in the form of 16 studios/apartments with entrances at ground and lower ground floor level and parking to the rear. (This application is a resubmission of 14/01000/PAC with additional information in the form of a car parking assessment)
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14/01000/PAC Refused
Guildgate House High Street Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7AP
Application for Prior Approval for the change of use of the first and second floor of the building from B1 (a) offices to C3 (Dwelling houses) in the form of 16 studios/apartments with entrances at ground and lower ground floor level and parking to the rear.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Jan 2014
Received by Bracknell Forest
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13 Mar 2014
Decision issued: Prior Approval COU Granted B1-C3
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8 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Bracknell Forest granted permission on 13 March 2014, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Guildgate House High Street Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7AP
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