The Deck, Bracknell By now, the development of The Deck is a well-established project within the community with plans formally approved in 2017. But the project took its biggest steps forward in 2020 with two major milestones passed. Featuring new bars, restaurants and entertainment hotspots, The Deck will replace the former Bentalls department store. But later in the year, the Bracknell Regeneration Partnership, the joint venture group overseeing the project, informed BFC it was worried about the viability of the scheme and may not be able to proceed unless it received a cash boost in order to demolish the Bentalls store. Fortunately for the group, councillors from across the county came together at a meeting of Berkshire’s infrastructure board in November to approve the funnelling of almost £1 million of taxpayer funds towards the project.