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Covered Reservoir Bath Road Speen Newbury

25/01967/NONMATRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 22 October 2025

Council decision: Refusal

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Proposal

Application for a non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission 22/01235/RESMAJ: Application for Approval of Reserved Matters following Outline Approval 23/00397/OUTMAJ - Section 73 - Application for Removal or Variation of a Condition following Outline Approval 17/02092/OUTMAJ - (Hybrid planning application comprising an outline planning application for up to 93 dwellings and associated works - all matters reserved; a change of use of land from agricultural to public open space; a changes of use of land to provide extension to existing allotments; and a full planning application for the erection of 11 new dwellings, new access and associated works on previously developed land] Reserved matters approval for the erection of 93 homes, with associated open space and other infrastructure.) Matters to be considered: Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale. Amendments: change of housetype on plots 94, 99 and 100 from a 4 bedroom First Home to a 2 bedroom First Home, change of housetype on plot 98, but remaining as a 4 bedroom open marketing dwelling, additional plans to show the provision of solar PV panels on roofs.

Submitted
22 September 2025
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 30 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Covered Reservoir Bath Road Speen Newbury. West Berkshire has handled 5,448 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 9 other applications at this address.

Application details

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SpeenPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +9 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    10 Nov

    Section 73 Application for variation of condition 2-approved plans, of previous application 22/01235/RESMAJ

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/02545/RESMAJ
  2. 2025
    13 Oct

    Non material amendment to approved Section 73 - Application for Removal or Variation of a Condition following…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment25/02112/NONMAT
  3. 2024
    11 Dec

    Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (Finished Floor Levels) and 12 (Sustainable…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/02661/COND
  4. 2024
    2 Oct

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4 'Nationally described space standards' of…

    PendingDischarge of conditions24/02091/COND
  5. 2024
    2 Oct

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 9 'Electric Vehicle Charging Points' and 27…

    PendingDischarge of conditions24/02082/COND
  6. 2024
    6 Sep

    Approval of details reserved by Condition No. 11 (Spoil) of Approved Application 23/00397/OUTMAJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/01879/COND

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