Nick Clark

United Kingdom

Local Democracy Reporter at Slough Observer

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Houses recreation ground ‘will ease housing shortage’ says Slough council leader

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

2 1/1 Building houses on a recreation ground will help ease a shortage of housing, Slough’s council leader has said as he approved its sale to a property developer. Slough Borough Council’s leaders voted to sell Norway Drive Recreation Ground in Wexham Court at a cabinet meeting on Monday, June 16. Council leaders say the sale will mean long-delayed plans to build 24 houses there will finally be put into action.
Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday could be shot in Bracknell Forest

1 week ago | bracknellnews.co.uk | Nick Clark

2 1/1 Scenes for a new Avengers film could be shot in Bracknell Forest, plans submitted by Marvel to a council reveal. The film production company has applied for planning permission for a film set in Windsor Great Park spanning the boundary between Bracknell Forest and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
Slough council investigating developer's ‘potential encroachment’ into park

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

11 1/1 Slough Borough Council is investigating whether a property developer has extended his land into a public park. Property developer Satnam Sidhu up a new fence along the boundary between land he owns on Bradley Road and Baylis Park. The council told him to remove the fence – but he says the land was always part of the property on Bradley Road.
More than 2,500 people sign Hindu group’s petition to buy Wexham Court Parish Hall

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

But the group, Jeeyar Educational Trust UK (JetUK) faces competition from Wexham Court Parish Council, which also wants to buy it. Lead petitioner Chandra Kondepudi said JetUK would use the hall ‘for the wider community’ and that its use ‘won’t be specific for any one religion’. Slough Borough Council leaders agreed on March 13 to add Wexham Court Parish Hall to a list of properties that could be sold.
Slough council set to sell recreation ground to property developer for housing

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

Council leaders are being asked to approve the sale of part of Wexham Court recreation ground to a developer that says it will push ahead with a long-delayed scheme to build 24 homes there. The council says the sale will help it to ‘live within its means’ and wind up its ill-fated regeneration plans so that it can ‘focus on core activities and services’.
Council wants powers to fine drivers for breaking the rules in 12 locations

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

The yellow box junction at Stoke Road and Stanley Road in Slough (Image: Google) New powers to fine drivers who for breaking driving rules in twelve locations could be sought by Slough Borough Council. Council leaders are set to agree to ask the government for the power to fine drivers for ignoring ‘no entry’ signs, driving on closed school streets or stopping in yellow box junctions.
Entire former town centre office block can become flats, Slough council agrees

2 weeks ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

You can view each one by going to the relevant council’s planning website and searching for the application number provided. Windsor Road (F/00022/028) The remainder of a large office building on Windsor Road, opposite Slough Borough Council, can be converted into flats, the council has agreed.
Town centre car park gets planning permission from Slough council

2 weeks ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

The council granted temporary planning permission for the car park on Stoke Road, opposite the Future Works building, to run until June 2030. Plans say the car park will provide up to 259 parking spaces, nine of them accessible, and that this would ‘enhance’ parking provision ‘for commuters and visitors to Slough town centre, especially given the apparent demand for parking in the area’.
Priestly Bakers in Slough to be converted back into industrial unit

2 weeks ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

The unit on Slough Trading Estate was built for industrial use and was once home to a Harley Davidson motorbike showroom. Most recently it was used as a bakery and coffee shop, with planning permission for its use granted in 2015. But Priestley Bakers stopped trading in February last year ‘due to increased rent, rates, electric, wage costs, the ever increasing ingredient costs and the need for the owners to put their full focus into the health and recovery of one of the co-founders’.
Council in rush to expand special school for second year running

2 weeks ago | windsorobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

Slough Borough Council leaders are set to approve the plans to open a satellite site for Arbour Vale at Our Lady of Peace school on Derwent Drive. Council plans say the expansion is needed to ‘meet increasing local demand’ for special school places over the coming years. Plans for the expansion come after a failed attempt to build temporary classrooms at Arbour Vale in time for last September.