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Land South Of Tower Gardens The Street Mortimer Common Reading

24/01690/NONMATNon-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 September 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non Material amendment application to planning application 23/00072/RESMAJ : Approval of reserved matters following Outline Permission 19/00981/OUTMAJ [Section 73: Variation of condition 6-approved plans of approved application 17/03004/OUTMAJ: This outline application comprises two parts: Part a) The erection of 110 dwellings including affordable housing, public open space and associated landscaping with all matters reserved other than access and layout; Part b) The erection of a 3FE Infant School and 900sq m GP surgery (Use Class D1) with shared parking area with all matters reserved other than access.] Matters seeking consent: Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale. Amendments: New Pedestrian Access, Move link to Public Footpath and Removal of Footbridge.

Received
9 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Burghfield & Mortimer
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target6 Sep
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land South Of Tower Gardens The Street Mortimer Common Reading. West Berkshire has handled 214 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Burghfield & Mortimer.

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
110
Parish
Stratfield Mortimer Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2024
Consultation expiry
11 September 2024
Consultation end
11 September 2024
Last date for comments
11 September 2024
Target decision date
6 September 2024
Permission expires
30 September 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, 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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© 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.

© 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.

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

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Source: West Berkshire

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