Maidenhead & Windsor

A special meeting of Maidenhead development control panel is to be held on Monday April 21 to consider the planning application for the redevelopment of Badnell's Pit after its decontamination.

Applicant Michael Shanly proposes to build 402 flats and houses and an extra care housing scheme on the Maidenhead site, along with car parking, open spaces and landscaping. The main access would be off Blackamoor Lane, with limited secondary access off Simpson Close, a footway link to Deerswood and a separate pedestrian/cycleway connection to Blackamoor Lane.

A report for members' consideration will be published on Friday (April 11) and the Royal Windsor and Maidenhead Borough is keen to ensure that everyone in the community should have access to the information and the opportunity to attend the meeting. The report will be available on the council's website www.rbwm.gov.uk

To cater for the expected large attendance, the meeting will be held in the Desborough Suite of the Town Hall, starting at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm).

Cllr Derek Wilson, panel chairman and lead member for Windsor and Maidenhead planning, said: "This is a very significant planning application – the biggest-ever housing development proposal in the borough – and the history of the site means that many people have very strong feelings about its future. There has been a comprehensive and valuable public response to the application and my aim for the meeting is to give everyone – both the applicant and the objectors – the opportunity to put forward their views to panel members."

Anyone wishing to speak at the meeting must register their intention with the council no later than 4.45pm on Friday April 18. Normally the applicant and objectors are each allocated three minutes to make their submission – however, given the significance of this application the chairman may decide to extend the time allowed to both sides.

Should large numbers of residents register their request to speak, the Windsor and Maidenhead council advises them to appoint nominated spokespeople who can cover all the issues they wish to raise. In this way the speaking time allowed can be used in the most effective way.

To register a request to speak at the panel meeting, please contact Karen Williams, interim democratic services manager, on 01628 796529 no later than 4.45pm on Friday April 18.


The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead