Land Known As The Wilderness Elcot Newbury Berkshire RG20 8NH

17/02469/FULFull Application (8 Weeks)Approved

Full

Approved on 23 March 2018

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Upgrade of existing woodland track to support forestry vehicles.

Received: 1 September 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Berkshire Council
Ward: Kintbury

ReceivedReceived1 Sep
ValidatedValidated1 Sep
Consult.Consultation20 Oct
TargetTarget Date27 Oct
DecidedDecided23 Mar

Decided in 203 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Known As The Wilderness Elcot Newbury Berkshire RG20 8NH. West Berkshire has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 203 days, 21 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,024 applications in total for the RG20 postcode area.

94% of full applications at West Berkshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: RG20 8NH
Application type: Full Application (8 Weeks)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Kintbury Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 September 2017
Consultation expiry: 20 October 2017
Consultation end: 20 October 2017
Last date for comments: 20 October 2017
Target decision date: 27 October 2017
Permission expires: 23 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: David Hunt Foxley Wood Hungerford Park HUNGERFORD RG17 0UT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 15 September 2017
Site notice end: 6 October 2017

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 19
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: West Berkshire

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