History 2 Newbury Racecourse Racecourse Road Newbury

25/01635/MDOPOMods/Discharge of Obligation - ApplicApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 January 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Modification of planning obligation (S106) for planning permission 09/00971/OUTMAJ-Redevelopment of Newbury Racecourse to provide new and enhanced leisure, racing, administrative, and visitors facilities; new hotel and hostel; replacement children's nursery; the permanent retention of the Mill Reef Stand; replacement maintenance buildings, yard and workshops; replacement golf club house and apartment, floodlit driving range and remodelling of the golf course; up to 1,500 dwellings; local centre; combined heat and power district heating system; new and improved accesses; parking for visitors, staff and residents; open space and landscaping, signage, service infrastructure, and associated uses (minor changes to application 08/02201/OUTMAJ).

Received: 15 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: West Berkshire Council
Ward: Newbury Greenham

ReceivedReceived15 Jul
ValidatedValidated18 Jul
Consult.Consultation11 Aug
TargetTarget Date12 Sep
DecidedDecided6 Jan

Decided in 172 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at History 2 Newbury Racecourse Racecourse Road Newbury. West Berkshire has handled 530 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 17 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Newbury Greenham.

94% of conditions 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: Mods/Discharge of Obligation - Applic
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 1500
Parish: Greenham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 July 2025
Consultation expiry: 22 August 2025
Consultation end: 11 August 2025
Last date for comments: 22 August 2025
Target decision date: 12 September 2025
Permission expires: 6 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Robert Linnell Savills Wytham Court 11 West Way Oxford OX2 0QL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 29 July 2025
Site notice end: 22 August 2025

Additional information

Documents: 8
Constraints: 27

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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.

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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.

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