Bracknell bus depot planned flats 'would be unacceptable'
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The bus depot has been in operating since 1989
Plans to build flats on the site of a bus depot have been refused after a council said living conditions in some of the proposed apartments "would not be acceptable".
Councillors rejected proposals to demolish the depot and replace it with an 11-storey block of 246 one-and-two bedroom flats in Bracknell.
Concerns were also raised about the amount of car parking space.
The council added some flats would receive "inadequate" levels of light.
The development would have also involved the removal of several mature Oak trees.
Prior to the meeting, a council tree officer said the cutting down of trees was "not acceptable" and went against the local authority's policy.
Developers had planned to provide 62 "affordable" homes in the development and council officers had recommended the block to be approved.
Bracknell Forest Borough Council officers had said the building off Market Street, "though large and tall", would not "appear out of place" in the area.