25 three-bed houses
Planning officers managed to agree with the developers on having 20 per cent affordable housing at the site, equal to 42 homes – which goes against the affordable housing guidance of 35 per cent.
The developers, Slough Urban Renewal – a property partnership between the council and Morgan Sindall Investments - say this due to viability issues and high costs of decontaminating the land as well as build costs.
Objectors feared approving this scheme would cause mass congestion and an overspill of parking to neighbouring streets.
The layout of houses on the former Montem lesiure centre site
This was the concern of Chalvey councillor Mohammed Sharif (Independent) who said this might be breaking parking policies the council has set for itself.