Mother’s Day images to lift the heart
Pick up a copy of the Advertiser next week for the return of our eight-page Mother’s Day picture special.
Every year, schools across Maidenhead and the surrounding areas ask their pupils to draw pictures of their mums to celebrate Mother’s Day, which takes place on Sunday, March 14.
The Advertiser will feature all of the submitted pictures in next week’s supplement, with some of our favourite entrants receiving a tasty treat as a prize.
Schools taking part this year include Boyne Hill
Infant & Nursery School, Burhcetts Green Infant School, Manor Green School, Waltham St Lawrence Primary School, Highfield Prep School and St Luke’s CE School.
Advertiser editor James Preston said: “Every year we see some wonderful works of art from school pupils which show just how much they love their mums.
“This year is no exception and, despite some challenges with submissions due to lockdown, there are some lovely entries which I am sure parents will enjoy.”
MAIDENHEAD: An application to build flats including a 10-storey building has been approved by the
Royal Borough – despite opposition from some councillors.
The application is for 129 units across five residential blocks on Moorbridge Court and Liberty House in Moorbridge Road.
It was approved by the planning authority on February 22.
The plans include five affordable homes, a mix of social and affordable rented accommodation, as well as 66 car parking spaces, including 26 electric vehicle charging points.
In a development panel meeting last November, Councillors David Hilton (Con, Ascot and Sunninghill) and Geoffrey Hill (TBF, Oldfield) voiced opposition to the proposals.
This put them at odds with officer recommendations, which suggested approving planning permission.
Cllr Hilton was concerned that the flats were too ‘in your face’ and ‘eyewatering’.
Other councillors, like
Cllr Joshua Reynolds (Lib Dem, Furze Platt), described being ‘conflicted’ by the proposals, due to the affordable housing provision and the fact that the new buildings would replace an ‘ugly’ office block.
A motion to refuse the plans – put forward by Cllr Hilton – failed and panel members agreed instead to defer to decision to the Royal Borough’s head of planning.
The planning authority has now granted permission to the developers, Bellway Homes.