Planning application
18 St Helens Crescent Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 9AX
Works: Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Lawful development certification for the continuous use of the balcony with railings as they have been there for the last 20 years without window guard.
As published by the council, reference 25/00743/LDC
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00743/LDC
- Type
- Lawful development: Existing use
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 11 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 11 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 23 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Sandhurst
- Parish
- Sandhurst Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GU47 9AX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Dec 2025
Received by Bracknell Forest
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23 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 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.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Bracknell Forest granted permission on 23 January 2026, 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 lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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