The youth faculty at Oakwood Centre, an outdoor pursuit centre in Bracknell, currently caters for 50 young people a week but had hoped to gain permission to build an octagonal building next door that could provide services for 500 teenagers every week. Tony Pudner, who runs the Oakwood Centre, said he was "astounded" at the planning committee's decision and planned to reapply. Bracknell Forest Council's planning committee ruled that the proposed centre would be an "inappropriate development within the...