AOC has bagged planning permission for a new community centre in the Berkshire village of Shinfield after it won a RIBA competition for the project last year.

The practice pipped a shortlist that included Adams and Sutherland, Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt, Curl la Tourelle Head and Studio Partington in the fray, and its 960sq m winning design has just secured consent from Wokingham council.

Set to be located on School Green, at the historic centre of the village, the new building would create a contemporary cultural centre for the local community and deliver two connected halls, library facilities, a café, meeting rooms and a bespoke children’s space, said AOC.

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