Planning application
Index House St Georges Lane Ascot SL5 7ET
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether a private hire operator's licence for a virtual office is lawful.
As published by the council, reference 26/01577/CPU
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01577/CPU
- Type
- Cert of Lawfulness of Proposed Use
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 26 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 12 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Ascot & Sunninghill
- Parish
- Sunninghill And Ascot Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SL5 7ET
Site history
Applications at this address on the Windsor and Maidenhead register
This site has had 4 applications since 2023: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01298/TPO Granted
Index House St Georges Lane Ascot SL5 7ET
G001 X2 Holly Remove deadwood. Reduce elongated shoots in upper crown by 4-5m T002 False acacia - Remove deadwood T003 False acacia - Fell to high stump and replace with 1x Oak (Quercus robur) T007 Pedunculate oak - Remove deadwood, Reduce tips with apical dieback back 1-2m to more vigorous growth. T008 Pedunculate oak - Remove deadwood. T009 Pedunculate oak - Remove deadwood, Reduce tips of live lateral branches back 1-2m to reduce exposure due to the presence of decay and to create a more compact canopy shape. Crown lift large branch on South side of crown to create 2m canopy clearance to industrial unit. T015 Turkey oak - Remove deadwood T016 Turkey oak - Remove deadwood and Reduce regrowth from previously reduced branches on North side of crown back 2m to reduce weight and create reasonable clearance to property. T017 Turkey oak - Remove deadwood and Reduce regrowth from previously reduced branches on North side of crown back 2m to reduce weight and create reasonable clearance to property. T018 Turkey oak - Remove deadwood T020 Scots Pine - Remove deadwood (026/2016/TPO).
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26/00785/CPD Granted
Index House St Georges Lane Ascot SL5 7ET
Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether a private hire operators licence for taxi services is lawful.
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23/02585/CPU Granted
Index House St Georges Lane Ascot SL5 7ET
Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether the proposed use of Office 004 to operate as a private hire company is lawful.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Jun 2026
Received by Windsor and Maidenhead
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9 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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12 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Windsor and Maidenhead granted permission on 12 August 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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Index House St Georges Lane Ascot SL5 7ET
Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether the proposed use of Office 004 to operate as a private hire company is lawful.
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Index House St Georges Lane Ascot SL5 7ET
Certificate of lawfulness to determine whether a private hire operators licence for taxi services is lawful.
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Awaiting decision Outline Demolition 2 docsMajor scheme -
Index House St Georges Lane Ascot SL5 7ET
G001 X2 Holly Remove deadwood. Reduce elongated shoots in upper crown by 4-5m T002 False acacia - Remove deadwood T003 False acacia - Fell to high stump and replace with 1x Oak (Quercus robur) T007 Pedunculate oak - Remove deadwood, Reduce tips with apical dieback back 1-2m to more vigorous growth. T008 Pedunculate oak - Remove deadwood. T009 Pedunculate oak - Remove deadwood, Reduce tips of live lateral branches back 1-2m to reduce exposure due to the presence of decay and to create a more compact canopy shape. Crown lift large branch on South side of crown to create 2m canopy clearance to industrial unit. T015 Turkey oak - Remove deadwood T016 Turkey oak - Remove deadwood and Reduce regrowth from previously reduced branches on North side of crown back 2m to reduce weight and create reasonable clearance to property. T017 Turkey oak - Remove deadwood and Reduce regrowth from previously reduced branches on North side of crown back 2m to reduce weight and create reasonable clearance to property. T018 Turkey oak - Remove deadwood T020 Scots Pine - Remove deadwood (026/2016/TPO).
Granted Trees 8 docs -
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Non material amendments to planning permission 24/01844/FULL to amend the wording of condition 19.
Granted Amendments 5 docs -
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Granted Amendments 7 docs
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