Working men's club demolition plan rejected again

Barriers were pictured around the site in May

A plan to demolish an unused working men's club and replace it with homes has been rejected.

Developers wanted to use the site of the former Winkfield Working Men's Club in Chavey Down Road, Winkfield Row, Berkshire, to build one three-bedroom house and two four-bedroom detached houses.

They had their last plan to build them rejected by Bracknell Forest Council in December and the Planning Inspectorate dismissed it again last month.

County Homes Thames Valley said the site had become "unsightly" and "unneighbourly" but a planning inspector said it had not shown there was no use for the club as a community building.

For that reason, the Planning Inspectorate said the development would have conflicted with the council's development plan and needed to be rejected.

Despite that, it concluded the homes would not have caused any harm to the area's existing "character and appearance".