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Land North Of Spring Gardens Andover Drove Wash Water Newbury

26/00069/FULMAJFull Major Application (13 Weeks)Awaiting decision
Full
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The installation and operation of a solar farm with ancillary equipment including inverter and substation house, security cameras, deer fence, new highway access and landscaping scheme. Section 73 application to vary conditions 2 'approved plans', 5 'landscaping', 6 'landscape maintenance', 12 'access and visibility splays', 16 'tree protection' and 17 'construction traffic management' of Planning Permission 23/01361/FULMAJ.

Received
14 January 2026
Decision due
28 April 2026
Public comments
8
Ward
Hungerford & Kintbury
Agent
Mid West Planning Ltd
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 20 February.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (29)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land North Of Spring Gardens Andover Drove Wash Water Newbury. West Berkshire has handled 1,524 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 14 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Hungerford & Kintbury.

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

Application type
Full Major Application (13 Weeks)
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Enborne Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Consultation end
20 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mid West Planning Ltd
Agent address
10 High Street Madeley TF7 5AQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 February 2026
Site notice end
5 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
29
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site · +1 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    14 Jan

    The installation and operation of a solar farm with ancillary equipment including inverter and substation…

    This applicationPendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/00069/FULMAJ
  2. 2026
    13 Jan

    Approval of details reserved by Conditions (3) Materials, (4) SuDS, (5) Landscaping Scheme, (6) Landscape…

    Split DecisionDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside26/00062/COND

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