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Land Adjacent To Hilltop Oxford Road Donnington Newbury

25/02302/MDOPOMods/Discharge of Obligation - ApplicAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Modification of planning obligation of previous application 14/02480/OUTMAJ: Outline application for mixed use scheme on 23.1ha of land, comprising up to 401 dwellings on 11.35ha of land. A 400m2 local centre (Use Classes A1/A2/D1/D2 - no more than 200m2 of A1) on 0.29ha of land, one form entry primary school site on 1.71ha of land, public open space, landscaping and associated highway works. Matters to be considered: Access. Removal of any obligations in relation to the primary school and primary school contribution

Received
1 October 2025
Decision due
11 December 2025
Public comments
36
Ward
Newbury Speen
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 6 November.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (21)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Land Adjacent To Hilltop Oxford Road Donnington Newbury. West Berkshire has handled 530 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 October 2025 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 44 applications across Newbury Speen.

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
401
Parish
Shaw Cum Donnington PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2025
Consultation expiry
13 November 2025
Consultation end
6 November 2025
Last date for comments
13 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
David Murray-Cox The Pinnacle 20 Tudor Road Reading RG1 1NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 October 2025
Site notice end
13 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
21
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +1 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 (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.

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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.

© 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.

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