Roll up, Roll up, Roll up, all the Fun of the Fair

I put up a Facebook Poll based on the options open to the Councillors next Thursday and a suggestion for the applicant. Over 200 people have voted so far but is that enough? Do we need more? Can you help…

I’d like to invite EVERYONE who is on Facebook
and lives in Windsor to VOTE

There’s a few moaning about the poll because it doesn’t say what they want it to but you always get that.

Please vote over the weekend as the Cllrs will be meeting up next week and I’d like to share the results of the poll with all of them so they know the vibe of the town before they vote.

Officers are recommending refusal this time because it’s grown too big.

Note the agenda and papers here:

Windsor and Ascot Development Management Committee – Thursday 3 July 2025 6.00 pm

You can read my own objection below…

Last year the organiser pitched it as a Winter Wonderland. This year it seems to be just Windsor on Ice and if it was just the ice rink I believe this would get far more support from the Windsor Community.

It is the huge fun, not fun rides that ruin the whole vibe. 40 tons of metal each, they destroy the lawns and make it difficult for the next layer of grass to take. It looked awful this winter when they left and currently it looks like a field of giant curly sandwiches!

A BIG THANK YOU to the RBWM Conservation Team for pushing back, Sustainability, Ecology and Environmental Protection bringing degree level questions to CSE form filling. Highways even got to join in with cycling provision.

Special shout out to Helen Leonard for her constant uphill battle to save our trees.

Windsor & Eton Society for their amazing responses to all local planning applications.

I thought Biodiversity Net Gain was supposed to be 30%, these guys are talking 10% and what’s on offer, 4 bird boxes. Seemingly the birds are complaining about over development in certain canopies and want those leaky bat infested boxes moved down nearer the arches away from their Royal vista 😉

I am offended by the rides, I would love to see these guys come with a plan for an ice rink and German style Christmas shopping cabins that local crafts folk could rent to sell their unique Christmas gifts. That would resonate with Windsor residents and tourists alike. Far more appropriate for our historic town.

Local businesses I have spoken to see no additional sales because of the ice rink. Happy to do a survey of local businesses if you’d like me to.

I note the Berkshire Garden Trust has not responded. Have they been asked? I recall they said RBWM Planning should ask as they are a statutory consultee and they had written to remind them. 

Please refuse this application and suggest they come back with one with no 40 ton rides. 

Thank you.

Jon Davey
Community Champion