Plans have been submitted to transform Shire Hall at Shinfield.. but did you know it was the only building in the borough ever opened by HM the late Queen Elizabeth II?
Her Majesty the Queen opened the building, which was the home of Berkshire County Council until 1999, in April 1982 and 5,000 schoolchildren attended the opening ceremony.
Last year the site was acquired by development company Wrenbridge and investors Fiera Real Estate who have now revealed what they plan to do with the area. They are looking to demolish the brutalist building and replace it with five purpose-built industrial buildings.
The building was originally built in 1981 as the headquarters for Berkshire County Council. Foster Wheeler took over in 2000 before Wood PLC moved in in 2017.
You can view the application for the replacement buildings by typing reference 250415 into the council’s planning portal
