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4A Bridge Street Newbury RG14 5EX

24/01772/PACOUPrior Approval for Change of UseWithdrawn
Prior approval

Withdrawn on 11 October 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Reinstate class to residential dwelling from the previously approved commercial use.

Received
21 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Newbury Central
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 4A Bridge Street Newbury RG14 5EX. West Berkshire has handled 214 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 51 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Newbury Central. We hold 674 applications in total for the RG14 postcode area.

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

Postcode
RG14 5EX
Application type
Prior Approval for Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newbury Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2024
Consultation expiry
26 September 2024
Consultation end
26 September 2024
Last date for comments
27 September 2024
Target decision date
30 October 2024
Permission expires
11 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Brian McCarthy 3 Bishops Road Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 1LT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Newbury Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 4, Bridge StreetOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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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