The Windsor Link has been contributing to the examination of the RBWM Borough Local Plan. The examiner is currently considering whether the plan is ‘sound’ in a legal sense and hearings are underway. The Windsor Link has been keen to encourage the council to take a masterplan-led approach to Windsor, as it has done for Maidenhead and Ascot.
Windsor Express reports:
Patrick Grincell representing the Windsor Link Railway said he did not think [the increase in Green Belt building to the west of Windsor] would lead to sustainable development and said the council should consider a ‘masterplan’ approach for Windsor like it had done for Maidenhead.
He said: “The proposed changes in the new submission no longer see Windsor town centre as a growth area and instead identify an area west of the town which is greenbelt, we really don’t think this will result in a sustainable pattern of development when there are opportunities to consider within the town centre.
“With current COVID times we need to look carefully at how we protect and enhance town centres.”
The full hearings are available on the council’s YouTube channel.
