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Beenham Landfill Site Grange Lane Beenham Reading

24/01899/FULMAJFull Major Application (13 Weeks)Awaiting decision
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Proposal

Proposed installation, operation and decommissioning of a ground-mounted photovoltaic solar array and battery energy storage system (BESS) together with ancillary infrastructure and equipment, access, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements.

Received
2 September 2024
Decision due
16 January 2025
Public comments
13
Ward
Aldermaston
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 16 December.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (72)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Beenham Landfill Site Grange Lane Beenham Reading. West Berkshire has handled 1,524 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 September 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Aldermaston.

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
Parish
Beenham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2024
Consultation expiry
16 December 2024
Consultation end
16 December 2024
Last date for comments
16 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Steve Boundy Higher Ford Wiveliscombe Taunton TA4 2RL

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 November 2024
Site notice end
29 November 2024

Additional information

Documents
72
Constraints
18

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)Part of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    16 Feb

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 (plans-2) , 7 (HMMP) 8 (CEMP), 9 (Cabling), 12…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/00353/COND
  2. 2024
    2 Sep

    Proposed installation, operation and decommissioning of a ground-mounted photovoltaic solar array and battery…

    This applicationPendingFull24/01899/FULMAJ

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