Land Adjacent Winterbourne 13 Footpath and West Of B4494 Snelsmore Common Newbury
Approved on 6 February 2026
Council decision: Response IssuedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
EIA Screening Opinion Request - Demolition of Water Tower and Construction of Reservoir and Water Booster Station at Snelsmore water tower.
- Received
- 19 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Chieveley & Cold Ash
- ReceivedReceived19 Jan
- ValidatedValidated19 Jan
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date9 Feb
- DecidedDecided6 Feb
Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Land Adjacent Winterbourne 13 Footpath and West Of B4494 Snelsmore Common Newbury. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 5 weeks quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Chieveley & Cold Ash.
81% of outline 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
- EIA Screening Opinion Request
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Winterbourne Parish Meeting
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 10 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 10 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 6 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 10 Fleet Place London EC4M 7RB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 12
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.
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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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: West Berkshire
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