Maidenhead: Plans for 1,500 homes on golf course submitted

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The council bought the lease of the golf course from Maidenhead Golf Club

Plans to build 1,500 homes on a golf course have been submitted.

Developer Cala Homes wants to create an estate - the Elizabeth Quarter - on the Maidenhead Golf Club site.

The scheme, south of Maidenhead train station, could also see a primary and a secondary school, shops and a cafe built.

The number of homes on the 132-acre (53 hectare) site in Shoppenhangers Road has been scaled back from previous proposals of 2,000 and later 1,800.

Existing buildings at the site would be knocked down to make way for the new housing estate.

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The proposed estate, named the Elizabeth Quarter, could include two schools, shops and a cafe

The golf course was identified as a site for housing in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) local plan, which was adopted in 2022.

The development is a joint venture with the RBWM Property Company Ltd, which is wholly owned by the borough council.

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A CGI of what the 1,500 home development at Maidenhead Golf Club could look like

The project has been submitted as an outline application, external, with further applications providing details of the phases of the project expected.

It is not known where golf club members will play if the Elizabeth Quarter project is given the go-ahead.

It has previously been reported that Maidenhead Golf Club could relocate to Winter Hill golf course in Cookham.

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