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Call for Sites 2025
The Call for Sites is open to all but we particularly welcome sites from local organisations, businesses as well as landowners and developers to tell us about sites that they know in Slough that could support the Slough Local Plan 2025-2045. Sites and proposals received from this exercise will inform a Strategic Housing and Employment Land Availability Assessment to help identify (or allocate) sites that are suitable, available, and achievable for housing and other...
Invitation to residents: Propose a topic for investigation by the Corporate Improvement Scrutiny Committee
Slough Borough Council’s ‘Overview and Scrutiny Committee’ agreed, in July 2024 its Forward Workplan of key scrutiny topics or each of its monthly meetings from September 2024 to April 2025 in July 2024. The Forward Workplan is not, however, set in stone and is constantly under review. The committee therefore welcomes your ideas for new topics you think it should investigate over the coming year. Any topics you proposed will be normally be considered by the Chair and Vice Chair...
Assistive Technology (AT) Survey for Unpaid Carers and Service Users for East Berkshire
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Your answers will help us to understand whether carers and their loved ones are already aware of the benefits of Assistive Technology, how it is currently used, and whether there are any gaps in the kinds of assistive technology we currently offer. This will help us find solutions to meet the issues you may be facing in your caring role. What is assistive technology? "Assistive technology" refers to products or equipment...
Whole Systems Approach to Healthy Weight - Pathway Development
This survey aims to understand the experiences, challenges and needs of residents regarding healthy weight programmes and interventions in Slough. By gathering insights from the community, we hope to identify gaps in existing services and explore ways to make healthy weight support more accessible, inclusive and seamless. This survey seeks to learn where people access healthy weight programmes and interventions, what obstacles they encounter and what improvements they would like to...
Poyle Road: Experimental Northbound Width Restriction and Bus Gate Consultation
W e consult residents, commuters, businesses, and stakeholders to understand what people think about proposed developments, changes to our roads and pavements, or other traffic-related issues. For several years, Slough Borough Council has received feedback associated with HGV issues on Poyle Road and Bath Road (Colnbrook) from the Colnbrook with Poyle Parish Council. The main traffic-related issues are the perceived speed and volume of HGVs passing...
Closed consultations and engagement
Resident Engagement Questionnaire (PNA 2025)
Slough Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment Surveys What are pharmaceutical services? In Slough, pharmaceutical services are provided from dispensing GP Practices (a GP Practice which can dispense medicines to patients under certain conditions), pharmacies (also known as chemists, and includes your local supermarket pharmacies and online / internet pharmacies), and appliance contractors (providers of specialist medical appliances such as stoma products). Pharmacies provide healthcare...
Pharmacy Contractor Questionnaire (PNA 2025)
Tell us about pharmaceutical services you provide Are you a dispensing practice doctor or a pharmacy contractor? If yes, then we want to hear about your services. Slough Borough Council is currently developing a revised Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA), which is a legal requirement every three years and statutory responsibility of the Slough Health and Wellbeing Board. The PNA is a statement of current and future needs for pharmaceutical services in Slough. It also looks at...
Adult Social Care Payments - Paying for care and support
Slough Borough Council provides Adult Social Care Services ( for example homecare, daycare, direct payments) to some of the most vulnerable people living in the borough. The Council wants to ensure it is fair to people and that it is able to meet the duty to provide essential services to people into the future. It is important to give your views as a member of the community on these proposals so we can work out the impact of them and all work together to play our part in supporting...
We Asked, You Said, We Did
Here are some of the issues we have previously asked you about and their outcomes. Check all outcomes
We asked
The existing SPZ is due to expire in November 2024.
The council, working with SEGRO, published a Draft SPZ (Simplified Planning Zone) for Slough Trading Estate for consultation in July and August this year.
You said
The comments received have now been considered, and a list of these will be published on the 11th October. The Council welcomes the responses made, and considers no major modifications are needed.
The intention is to discuss the proposal at Cabinet on 21 October 2024. The Report will explain why it recommends that the new SPZ is adopted to replace the current one.
We did
The next stage is formal notification of the intention to adopt, which we are sharing below. This will also be published in the local press.
Town And Country Planning Act 1990
Notice of intention to adopt proposals for making of a Simplified Planning Zone at Slough Trading Estate
Friday 11 October 2024
Slough Borough Council propose to adopt these scheme proposals without material modifications. Copies of the scheme proposals, and proposals are available for public inspection free of charge on the council's website or in person as follows :
- Slough Borough Council offices: Mon- Fri 9.30am - 4.45pm, Observatory House, Windsor Road, Slough SL1 2EL
- SEGRO Office : reception Mon-Fri 9.00am - 5.00pm, 258 Bath Road Slough Trading Estate Slough SL1 4DX
- Slough Museum: Check for opening times: 72 Buckingham Avenue Slough SL1 4PN
Slough Borough Council will adopt the proposals after 12 November 2024 .
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