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Birchwood House Winkfield Road Ascot SL5 7LT

Refused Windsor and Maidenhead 25/02092/CPU Cert of Lawfulness of Proposed Use

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether the proposed change of use of the dwellinghouse (C3) to a residential children's home (C2) is lawful.

As published by the council, reference 25/02092/CPU

Application record

Reference
25/02092/CPU
Type
Cert of Lawfulness of Proposed Use
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
18 Aug 2025
Validated
18 Aug 2025
Decided
15 Oct 2025
Ward
Ascot & Sunninghill
Parish
Sunninghill And Ascot Parish
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
SL5 7LT

Site history

Applications at this address on the Windsor and Maidenhead register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 25/02749/FULL Granted

    Birchwood House Winkfield Road Ascot SL5 7LT

    Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a children's care home (Use Class C2).

    Decided 11 Dec 2025 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Aug 2025

    Received by Windsor and Maidenhead

  2. 15 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

12 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Windsor and Maidenhead 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 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.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Birchwood House Winkfield Road Ascot SL5 7LT

    25/02749/FULL Submitted 17 Oct 2025 50 yards away

    Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a children's care home (Use Class C2).

    Granted Full applications 12 docs
    Domestic

  • Greenacres Winkfield Road Ascot SL5 7LT

    25/02091/CPU Submitted 18 Aug 2025 50 yards away

    Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether the proposed change of use from dwelling (C3) to children's care home (C2) is lawful.

    Refused Lawful development 12 docs
    Domestic

  • Greenacres Winkfield Road Ascot SL5 7LT

    25/02750/FULL Submitted 17 Oct 2025 50 yards away

    Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a children's care home (Use Class C2).

    Granted Full applications 13 docs
    Domestic

  • Green Meadows Surgery Winkfield Road Ascot SL5 7LS

    22/00232/FULL Submitted 28 Jan 2022 50 yards away

    The erection of a 2no.pairs of semi-detached dwellings and one detached dwelling with associated parking, vehicular access and landscaping, following demolition of existing buildings.

    Withdrawn Full applications New dwelling Demolition 77 docs
    Domestic

  • Oakmead Winkfield Road Ascot SL5 7LT

    22/00296/FULL Submitted 7 Feb 2022 50 yards away

    x1 new outbuilding ancillary to the main dwelling.

    Granted Full applications 9 docs
    Small domestic

  • Mill House Ranald Court Ascot SL5 7LZ

    25/02093/CPU Submitted 18 Aug 2025 50 yards away

    Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether the proposed change of use from dwelling (C3) to children's care home (C2) is lawful.

    Refused Lawful development 11 docs
    Domestic

In Windsor and Maidenhead

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    Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether the proposed single storey rear extension following the removal of the existing conservatory is lawful.

    Received 8 Sep, published by the council 24 Sep 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/01954/CPD Withdrawn

    Mulberry House Waltham Road Maidenhead SL6 3NH

    Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether the single storey rear extension is lawful.

    Received 7 Aug, published by the council 16 Aug 2026 Lawful development
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    Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether the existing use of the land as a residential garden incidental to the main dwelling is lawful

    Received 28 Jul, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/02022/CPD Refused

    14 Church View White Waltham Maidenhead SL6 3JQ

    Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether the proposed 1no. rear dormer and alterations to fenestration are lawful

    Received 17 Aug, published by the council 2 Sep 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/01862/CLU Granted

    Holyport Pre School Holyport Youth Club Moneyrow Green Holyport Maidenhead SL6 2NA

    Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether the existing use of the site as a pre-school is lawful.

    Received 29 Jul, published by the council 4 Aug 2026 Lawful development