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Highbury Front Street East Garston Hungerford RG17 7HW

24/00534/HOUSEHouseholder ApplicationAwaiting decision
Householder
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Proposal

Part Retrospective :Retention of Replacement Barn Building with solar panels and use as Artists Studio (Domestic) following demolitionof derelict Barn in rear garden of Highbury Front Lane East Garston

Received
15 March 2024
Decision due
23 May 2024
Public comments
2
Ward
Downlands
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 18 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (16)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Highbury Front Street East Garston Hungerford RG17 7HW. West Berkshire has handled 1,524 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 March 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Downlands. We hold 695 applications in total for the RG17 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
RG17 7HW
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Garston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2024
Consultation expiry
9 May 2024
Consultation end
18 April 2024
Last date for comments
9 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Robert Young The Studio Smitham Bridge Road Hungerford RG17 0QP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 April 2024
Site notice end
9 May 2024

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
  • Conservation area: East Garston
  • Listed building: Grade II: HighburyOn this site · +3 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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, 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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© 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: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Berkshire

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