Shoppenhangers house may be knocked down to put in flats for 25 people

A developer wants to demolish a house and replace it with a new building holding eight flats on Shoppenhangers Road.

This is on the Fairview plot, which is between Shoppenhangers Road and Maidenhead Golf Club, adjacent to Ingonish and Crescent Dale.

The existing site comprises a detached four-bedroom house, which would be knocked down.

The proposal is to replace it with a three-storey building with habitable loft space, making eight flats – one-beds and two-beds.

Two of the flats would be one-beds for two people, three of them would be two-beds for three people and three would be two-beds for four people, making flats for 25 people.

There would be balconies on the front elevation for amenity space.

To increase the likelihood that this gets approved, the applicants – Gill Capital Homes Limited – sought pre-application advice.

This said the demolition of the existing dwelling and putting in a new one ‘would be acceptable in principle.’

In addition, the development’ would not be harmful to the amenity of neighbouring properties’ and ‘would contribute to meeting the boroughs housing need.’

The proposed scheme will provide four car parking spaces, with cycle storage for up to 14 bicycles to the rear of the property.

“Due to the site’s proximity to Maidenhead station – 6-minute walk, the scheme will have reduced parking spaces,” wrote the applicant’s representatives, The White House Design Ltd.

The Royal Borough stipulates the proposed scheme must achieve zero carbon.

With that in mind, a range of energy efficiency measures are to be incorporated into the building fabric to reduce energy demand.

Any remaining CO2 emissions are to be offset through a cash contribution to the Borough’s carbon offset fund, at a price of £69 per ton for a period of 30 years, the applicants wrote.

The White House Design Ltd says it is ‘aiming to provide 8 new homes and assist the country in meeting housing demands affordably, but to a high level or architecture and we believe this proposal has been well considered to achieve this.’

To see all plans related to this proposal, enter reference number 24/01914/FULL into Windsor and Maidenhead council’s planning portal.

Plans for the new house, courtesy of The White House Design Ltd.