History 2 Newbury Racecourse Racecourse Road Newbury

25/02601/CONDRefused

Discharge / amendments

Refused on 18 February 2026

Council decision: Refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 7 (Piling) and 10 (Materials) of approved 14/03109/OUTMAJ Section 73: To vary condition 32: No more than 250 dwellings shall be completed prior to the completion and opening to traffic of a new bridge, to 421 dwellings. Of approved reference 09/00971/OUTMAJ for redevelopment of Newbury Racecourse to provide new and enhanced leisure, racing, administrative and visitors facilities; new hotel and hostel; replacement children's nursery; 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 golf course; up to 1,500 dwellings.

Submitted: 4 December 2025
Council: West Berkshire Council

ReceivedSubmitted4 Dec
ValidatedValidated4 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided18 Feb

Decided in 76 days

About this application

This is a planning application at History 2 Newbury Racecourse Racecourse Road Newbury. West Berkshire has handled 5,448 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 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.

Application details

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 December 2025

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Stroud GreenPart of the site
Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +8 more
Ancient woodland: Young CopsePart of the site
Brownfield land register: Newbury Racecourse Plc East, NewburyRegister site at or near this address

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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.

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.

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Source: West Berkshire

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