Planning application
Apex House London Road Bracknell Berkshire RG12 5TR
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Application for prior approval for the change of use of existing office (Class B1a) to residential use (Class C3) comprising 28 apartments.
As published by the council, reference 16/00310/PAC
Application record
- Reference
- 16/00310/PAC
- Type
- Prior Approval COU B1 to C3
- Status
- Prior Approval COU Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: Prior Approval COU Refused B1-C3
- Received
- 6 Apr 2016
- Validated
- 6 Apr 2016
- Decided
- 27 May 2016
- Ward
- Bullbrook
- Parish
- Bracknell Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- RG12 5TR
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bracknell Forest register
This site has had 2 applications since 2013: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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13/01054/PAC Granted
Apex House London Road Bracknell Berkshire RG12 5TR
Application for Prior Approval for the change of use from Office (B1a use class) to Residential (C3 use class) providing 39 no. dwellings consisting of 3 no. 2 bedroom apartments, 13 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 23 no. 1 bedroom studio apartments.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Apr 2016
Received by Bracknell Forest
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27 May 2016
Decision issued: Prior Approval COU Refused B1-C3
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27 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Bracknell Forest refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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