Town Centre Slough

The Queensmere and Observatory Shopping Centres, are located within the heart of Slough Town Centre; long earmarked for regeneration under the Heart of Slough Development Brief (2007), which itself; informed the 2009 outline consent for the “Heart of Slough” development proposals (a £450 million Regeneration Zone), immediately adjacent.

The Site provides an optimum development opportunity, at a highly sustainable location –with the delivery of Crossrail in 2019, set to further enhance this (connecting Slough directly to London’s main employment centres) and by 2021, the Western Rail Access to Heathrow (WRAtH) also connecting the airport to Slough within seven minutes.

Iceni have been instructed by Green Monarch (Investors) and Catalyst Capital (Assets Manager) as the Planning Consultant, to lead on the planning application strategy and submission – in redeveloping the site for c. 1,000 residential units and over 750,000 sq. ft of new retail, leisure, and commercial floorspace. The scheme will also deliver enhanced public realm, in helping to regenerate the town-centre as a whole – and reinstate Slough’s Regional status.

Given the critical importance of the site to the Council – securing support from key political decision-makers, stakeholders, and members of the public through proactive engagement; forms a key part of the application strategy.