Stroud Farm Stroud Farm Road Holyport Maidenhead SL6 2LJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00276/FULL - Full Approved

Proposal

Change of use of the agricultural barn to a food preparation business with loading bay and 1no. air conditioning unit, change of use of the agricultural cabin to a beauty and wellness business with 1no. ramp, cycle storage and 4no. parking spaces (Retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Feb 2026
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Validated
17 Feb 2026
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Committee
18 Jun 2026
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Approved
19 Jun 2026

Approved on 19 Jun 2026 · Committee · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Windsor and Maidenhead Maidenhead Development Management Committee on 18 Jun 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the uses were acceptable farm diversification without unacceptable Green Belt, heritage, amenity, highways, flood or ecological harm.
  • No interested-party responses were received, while the committee heard from the applicant.
  • The committee unanimously approved the retrospective changes of use, subject to the recommended conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public comments, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Windsor and Maidenhead's committee minutes of 18 Jun 2026.

Documents 22

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Site constraints 3

Grade II* listed: Barn at Stroud Farm, Approximately 35 Metres East of Stroud Farmhouse
List entry 1136397 · 8 m away · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 3 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Full
Postcode
SL6 2LJ
Received
2 Feb 2026
Validated
17 Feb 2026
Ward
Bray
Parish
Bray Parish
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Apr 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
19 Jun 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 122 days from validation, 67 days slower than Windsor and Maidenhead's median of 55 for changes of use. Approved, as 64% of changes of use here are.

62%decided within 8 weeks
64%approved
78decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Windsor and Maidenhead in the last twelve months, from validation. Windsor and Maidenhead decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14552785
Committee
18 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Windsor and Maidenhead
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#135 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Windsor and Maidenhead is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #82 out of 296. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Windsor and Maidenhead is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 74% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 74% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Windsor and Maidenhead decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
72%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #293 of 296
74%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #294 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #82 of 296
28%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #47 of 296
44%
Minor dwellings approved
156 decided (1-9 homes)
96%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
64%
Change of use approved
25 decided
1,530
Total decisions
434 refused in the year to March 2026