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Merlion House West Mills Newbury RG14 5HP

25/02379/FULApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 December 2025

Council decision: Approval

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Section 73 - Vary condition 3 'Hours open to customers' of approved application 25/00291/FUL: Change of use from Class E to to public house/wine bar

Submitted
20 October 2025
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 46 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Merlion House West Mills Newbury RG14 5HP. West Berkshire has handled 5,448 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 674 applications in total for the RG14 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RG14 5HP

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
MARK HUMPHREYS ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Newbury Town Centre
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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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