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Site Of The Bungalow The Castle School Love Lane Donnington Newbury RG14 2JG

25/02115/REG3LA Devt on Own Land for Own Purp's by LAApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 December 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

New single storey education building on existing and vacant caretaker's bungalow site to provide teaching accommodation for an additional 32 no. pupil places and additional car parking, following; (23/02075/REG3) the demolition of the existing caretakers bungalow and garage, and change of use of land to education use. Section 73 application to vary the wording of condition 14 (Parking) of approved 24/01030/REG3.

Received
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Newbury Speen
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 76 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Site Of The Bungalow The Castle School Love Lane Donnington Newbury RG14 2JG. West Berkshire has handled 5,448 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Newbury Speen. We hold 674 applications in total for the RG14 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RG14 2JG
Application type
LA Devt on Own Land for Own Purp's by LA
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Shaw Cum Donnington PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2025
Consultation expiry
12 November 2025
Consultation end
30 October 2025
Last date for comments
12 November 2025
Target decision date
7 January 2026
Permission expires
23 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Jonathan Parker Matthews Warehouse High Orchard Street GL2 5QY

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 October 2025
Site notice end
12 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: West Berkshire

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