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
- Granted As published: 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 6 applications since 2012: 4 approved, 1 refused.
-
15/00086/FUL Granted
Guildgate House High Street Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7AP
External changes to the front elevation
-
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)
-
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.
-
13/00027/COND Granted
Guildgate House High Street Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7AP
Details pursuant to condition 4 (Lighting) and 6 (Site Organisation) of planning permission 11/00143/FUL.
-
12/00921/NMA Decided
Guildgate House High Street Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7AP
Non material amendment to planning permission 11/00143/FUL for changes to the internal layout to alter units 1 and 6 from studio flats to one bedroom flats.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
24 Jan 2014
Received by Bracknell Forest
-
13 Mar 2014
Decision issued: Prior Approval COU Granted B1-C3
-
8 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
-
174- 176 High Street Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7AP
Installation of new shopfronts and retractable canopies.
Granted Full applications 10 docs -
Guildgate House High Street Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7AP
External changes to the front elevation
Granted Full applications 13 docs -
Guildgate House High Street Crowthorne Berkshire
External changes to the rear elevation, the installation of a rear metal staircase and minor alterations to the car park to the rear of Guildgate House
Granted Full applications 18 docs -
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)
Granted Prior approval New dwelling 15 docsDomestic -
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.
Refused Prior approval New dwelling 16 docsDomestic -
239 High Street Crowthorne Berkshire RG45 7AH
Change of use from A3 (Restaurant) to A5 (Hot Food Takeaway).
Granted Full applications 8 docs
Other prior approval applications
In Bracknell Forest
-
PA/2026/0916 Awaiting decision
WILLOW HOUSE, RANELAGH DRIVE, BRACKNELL, RG12 9DA
Prior notifcation for the erection of a single-storey rear extension.
-
PA/2026/0935 Awaiting decision
THE HERNES OAK, NORTH STREET, WINKFIELD, WINDSOR, SL4 4SY
Change of use of existing Class E office accommodation to 3 no. self-contained dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) pursuant to Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
-
PA/2026/0686 Withdrawn
408 YORKTOWN ROAD, COLLEGE TOWN, SANDHURST, GU47 0PR
Prior approval for change of use of the existing upper floors to create 4 self-contained apartments (2 above each commercial unit) under Class MA Permitted Development.
-
PA/2026/0901 Awaiting decision
80 STAPLEHURST, BRACKNELL, RG12 8DD
Prior approval for erection of 3.5m deep single storey rear extension with rooflight (Class A.1(ea): Larger home extension)
-
PA/2026/0818 Refused
GROVE FARM, LOWER SANDHURST ROAD, SANDHURST, GU47 8JG
Prior approval for siting and appearance of a new agricultural building on land at Grove Farm House