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Redwoods The Street Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3RD

25/02941/FULMAJFull Major Application (13 Weeks)Awaiting decision
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Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of existing residential property known as Redwoods; Creation of a new hard and soft play and habitat area for St Johns Infant School; Provision of a new car park providing 17 no. parking spaces for school staff, to be accessed off The Street via the existing access serving Redwoods; Erection of 32no. retirement properties (Use Class C3) age restricted to over 55's with communal amenity space and pavilion, parking and associated infrastructure, and landscaping; and Erection of a dental surgery falling with use class E, with a floor area of 705 sqm with parking and associated infrastructure, and landscaping.

Received
23 December 2025
Decision due
17 April 2026
Public comments
27
Ward
Burghfield & Mortimer
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 12 August.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (119)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Redwoods The Street Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3RD. West Berkshire has handled 1,523 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Burghfield & Mortimer. We hold 1,947 applications in total for the RG7 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
RG7 3RD
Application type
Full Major Application (13 Weeks)
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Stratfield Mortimer Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2026
Consultation expiry
12 August 2026
Consultation end
12 August 2026
Last date for comments
13 February 2026
Committee meeting
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pro Vision
Agent address
The Lodge Highcroft Road Winchester SO22 5GU

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 March 2026
Site notice end
1 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
119
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +5 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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