Sterling Gardens Hectors Way Newbury
Approved on 14 May 2024
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Section 73 Variation of Condition 1 (Approved Plans) in relation to Phase 2 (Blocks A-B) following Grant of Planning Permission 15/00319/FULEXT - Application for full planning permission for the demolition of existing buildings and structures, site remediation and the erection of 167 apartments, a new link road, car parking and landscaping.
- Received
- 14 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 9
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Newbury Greenham
- ReceivedReceived14 Jun
- ValidatedValidated19 Jun
- Consult.Consultation11 Jul
- TargetTarget Date18 Sep
- DecidedDecided14 May
Decided in 330 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Sterling Gardens Hectors Way Newbury. West Berkshire has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 335 days, 40 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. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Newbury Greenham.
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
- Application type
- Full Major Application (13 Weeks)
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 167
- Parish
- Newbury Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 21 July 2023
- Consultation end
- 11 July 2023
- Last date for comments
- 21 July 2023
- Target decision date
- 18 September 2023
- Permission expires
- 14 May 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Jim Richards Unit 5-6 Waterhouse 8 Orsman Road London N1 5QJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 30 June 2023
- Site notice end
- 21 July 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 37
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Sterling Industrial Estate, Kings Road, NewburyRegister site at or near this address
- 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
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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