I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information regarding the outline planning consent granted in 1972 by Cookham Rural District Council under planning reference 9459/71 for the Change of Use of Agricultural Land to a Golf Course at Winter Hill.
I understand that Cookham RDC was later incorporated into the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, and that you may hold historic planning records relevant to this site and consent.
I request the following:
1. Copies of any applications for approval of reserved matters made pursuant to outline planning consent 9459/71, including:
- Date of receipt,
- Description of reserved matters submitted,
- All accompanying documents, plans or correspondence,
- The planning officer’s report and decision notice (if any).
2. Copies of any approvals, refusals, or withdrawals relating to such reserved matters applications.
3. If no reserved matters application was received or approved, please confirm this. In addition, please state whether any records suggest that:
- An application may have been submitted but was not formally registered;
- The records have since been lost, archived, or are otherwise unavailable via the current planning register;
- Reserved matters were deemed approved or handled through an informal or exceptional process (if so, please provide legal justification and relevant documentation).
4. Details of any subsequent full planning application submitted and approved that may have superseded the 1972 outline consent, including the planning reference, date, and scope of development approved.
5. Any available records, internal correspondence, legal advice or officer reports relating to the planning status or lawfulness of the development of Winter Hill Golf Club, especially in the absence of any reserved matters approval tied to the original outline consent.
In addition, but covered in part by the above reference, I request information on the approval granted for two agricultural dwellings, now known as 1 & 2 Grange Lane. Approval was granted on 26/04/1962 under ref 4516/61 submitted by John Lewis Properties, as two Ag Dwellings
I request the following:
1. Copies of the application(s)
2. Copies of the approval(s)
3. Copies of the planning officers report and recommendations relating to the properties being tied to what was, at the time, referred to as the Winter Hill Estate
4. Correspondence in the outline approval (9459/71) would seem to indicate that the two properties could not be sold on the open market, and should remain linked to the golf course.