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Land Adjacent To Hilltop Oxford Road Donnington Newbury

23/00742/NONMATNon-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 June 2023

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Non Material amendment to planning permission 20/02788/RESMAJ - Section 73: Variation of condition 2 'approved plans' of approved application 18/03061/RESMAJ: Reserved matters application for phased development of 222 dwellings pursuant to outline planning application number 19/00442/OUTMAJ which relates to Section 73: Variation of Condition 1 (approved plans) of planning application reference 14/02480/OUTMAJ allowed under appeal decision reference APP/W0340/W/16/3143214 dated 20 March 2017 for a mixed use scheme on 23.1 hectares of land, comprising up to 401 dwellings on 11.35 hectares of land. A 400 sq.m. local centre (Use Classes A1/A2/D1/D2 no more than 200 sq.m. of A1) on 0.29 hectares of land, a one form entry primary school site on 1.7 hectares of land, public open space, landscaping and associated highway works). Matters to be considered: Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale, and discharge of Condition 4 (site wide housing mix) and 5 (strategic landscaping plan) of 19/00442/OUTMAJ. Amendment: change roof type on 9 house types from gable to hipped roofs and reduce roof pitch on 6 house types.

Received
24 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newbury Speen
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided14 Jun

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land Adjacent To Hilltop Oxford Road Donnington Newbury. West Berkshire has handled 214 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Newbury Speen.

88% of amendment 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

Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
222
Parish
Shaw Cum Donnington PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 April 2023
Target decision date
19 May 2023
Permission expires
14 June 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
66
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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, national parks, National Landscapes, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: West Berkshire

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