Harry Derham Racing Upper Farm Upper Farm House High Street Boxford Newbury RG20 8BR
Approved on 17 February 2026
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Section 73A: Vary condition 9 'scheme of landscaping', 22 'landscape and ecological management plan',23 'updated ecological appraisal', 24 'bat mitigation strategy', 25 'biodiversity monitoring strategy', 27 'external lighting' and 29 'biodiversity mitigation and enhancement' of planning permission 21/02529/COMIND (Fully retrospective: Proposed change of use from agricultural to new equine facility (racehorse training and stabling) for 45No horses, including the installation of associated car park, all storm water and foul water drainage, and new landscaping. The installation of new entrance gates within existing vehicular access and gallops. Refurbishment of existing former farm buildings, demolition of existing hay barn, erection of new stable building, horse walker and lunge pen).
- Received
- 25 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Hungerford & Kintbury
- Agent
- GS Ecology Ltd
- ReceivedReceived25 Nov
- ValidatedValidated25 Nov
- Consult.Consultation18 Dec
- TargetTarget Date24 Feb
- DecidedDecided17 Feb
Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Harry Derham Racing Upper Farm Upper Farm House High Street Boxford Newbury RG20 8BR. West Berkshire has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Hungerford & Kintbury. We hold 1,024 applications in total for the RG20 postcode area.
94% of full 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
- Postcode
- RG20 8BR
- Application type
- Full Major Application (13 Weeks)
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Boxford Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 17 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- GS Ecology Ltd
- Agent address
- 1, Hill Bottom Close Whitchurch Hill Reading RG8 7PX United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 4 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 27 December 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, national parks, 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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