Councillors to decide colleague's house plan

Ejaz Ahmed is Slough's cabinet member for community cohesion, leisure and sport

Councillors are set to decide if a colleague's house extension should be granted planning permission.

Ejaz Ahmed, a Slough councillor and member of its cabinet, got planning permission for extensions to his Wexham Road home in 2018 and 2019, ahead of his election in 2023.

But the extension turned out to be different to the approved plans, and included an outhouse not in the original scheme.

The council issued an enforcement notice as a result and Mr Ahmed, the cabinet member for community cohesion, leisure and sport, applied for retrospective approval.

The decision would usually be made by council officers, but because of Mr Ahmed's position, it must go to the authority's planning committee.

He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) the changes happened during delays to the construction.

“I did my extension before I got into politics here. It took longer than I expected,” he said.

"For various reasons I decided to do it in parts mainly because of finances."

Planning officers said they acknowledge the original planning permission was breached but "this does not prevent an applicant from applying for retrospective planning permission".

They said the new application "seeks to regularise the breaches" and recommended that councillors vote to approve it on Wednesday.