Laburnum Cottages Westbrook Newbury RG20 8DN
Refused on 24 April 2025
Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee
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Proposal
Application for Permission in Principle for residential development for a new detached dwelling
- Received
- 23 December 2024
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 29
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Hungerford & Kintbury
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated3 Jan
- Consult.Consultation11 Feb
- TargetTarget Date7 Feb
- DecidedDecided24 Apr
Decided in 111 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Laburnum Cottages Westbrook Newbury RG20 8DN. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 9 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Hungerford & Kintbury. We hold 1,024 applications in total for the RG20 postcode area.
81% of outline 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
- RG20 8DN
- Application type
- Permission in Principle
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Boxford Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 11 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 11 February 2025
- Last date for comments
- 25 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 February 2025
- Committee meeting
- 23 April 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Gareth Johns The Lodge Highcroft Road Winchester SO22 5GU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 January 2025
- Site notice end
- 6 February 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Boxford and Westbrook
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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Source: West Berkshire
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