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Land At Whitmoor Bog Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire

Granted Bracknell Forest 14/00528/T Temporary

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Three-year temporary permission for the holding of a children's Christmas theatrical experience to be open to members of the public between 30th November and 24th December, 2013 and 21st November and 24th December 2014 and 2015, with set up in the periods between 1st October and the opening of the event and and dismantling between the 27th December and 31st January in the respective following year, together with ancillary works to reposition the access arrangement onto Swinley Road (B3017) and in the formative year to strengthen existing forest access routes and pathways, with the removal of all structures from the site and the reinstatement of the land in the intervening periods.Note for Clarification: This is a Section 73 application for the variation of condition 2 (time operation) of planning permission 13/00428/T. It only seeks to remove the restriction of Tour Times: Monday - Friday between 13:00hrs and 15:30hrs imposed as part of condition 02. The proposal remains a temporary permission for 3 years (expiring 31 January 2016) as approved under planning permission 13/00428/T.

As published by the council, reference 14/00528/T

Application record

Reference
14/00528/T
Type
Temporary
Status
Approved
Decision
Approval
Received
16 May 2014
Validated
16 May 2014
Decided
18 Sep 2014
Ward
Ascot
Parish
Winkfield Parish Council
Decision by
Committee

Site history

Applications at this address on the Bracknell Forest register

This site has had 10 applications since 2013: 9 approved, 0 refused.

  • 23/00114/T Withdrawn

    Land At Whitmoor Bog Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire

    Temporary change of use of land for car parking and unit base in support of temporary film-making operations.

    Decided 13 Apr 2023 Trees
  • 18/00198/COND Granted

    Land At Whitmoor Bog Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire

    Details pursuant to conditions 7 (reptile survey), 8 (reptile mitigation scheme) and 9 (LEMP) of planning permission 15/01006/FUL.

    Decided 11 Jan 2019 Conditions
  • 18/00022/COND Granted

    Land At Whitmoor Bog Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire

    Details pursuant to conditions 7 (reptile survey), 8 (reptile mitigation scheme) and 9 (landscape and ecological management) of planning permission 15/01006/FUL.

    Decided 18 Jul 2018 Conditions
  • 16/00205/COND Granted

    Land At Whitmoor Bog Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire

    Details pursuant to conditions 13 (refuse storage), 16 (site organisation) and 17 (car park management) of planning permission 15/01006/FUL.

    Decided 7 Apr 2017 Conditions
  • 16/00189/COND Granted

    Land At Whitmoor Bog Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire

    Details pursuant to conditions 07 (reptile survey), 08 (reptile mitigation strategy), 09 (landscape and ecological mitigation plan) and 19 (directional signage) of planning permission 15/01006/FUL.

    Decided 30 Dec 2016 Conditions
  • 15/01006/FUL Granted

    Land At Whitmoor Bog Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire

    Permanent permission to annually stage the temporary children's Christmas theatrical event, Lapland UK, (for the sole use of the applicants LUK Events Ltd) from 21st November to 24th December each year, encompassing the last two weekends in November (whichever is the longer), with set up and dismantling periods between 1st October and the opening event and 27th December and 31st January respectively, with the removal of all structures from the site and the reinstatement of the land in the intervening periods.

    Decided 24 Mar 2016 Full applications
  • 15/01140/FUL Granted

    Land At Whitmoor Bog Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire

    Construction of a railway substation.

    Decided 11 Feb 2016 Full applications
  • 13/00168/COND Granted

    Land At Whitmoor Bog Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire

    Details pursuant to conditions 08 (External site lighting), 14 (Internal access routes & surface treatment) and 20 (Replacement tree planting) of planning permission 13/00428/T.

    Decided 26 Nov 2013 Conditions
  • 13/00164/COND Granted

    Land At Whitmoor Bog Swinley Road Ascot Berkshire

    Details pursuant to conditions 06, (Reptile Mitigation), 09 (great crested newts), 13 (site access), 17 (shuttle bus scheme), 18 (car park management), 19 (highway signage) and 22 (employee cycle store) of planning permission 13/00428/T.

    Decided 19 Nov 2013 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 May 2014

    Received by Bracknell Forest

  2. 18 Sep 2014

    Decision issued: Approval

  3. 8 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

15 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Bracknell Forest granted permission on 18 September 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.

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