Tesco Extra Pinchington Lane Newbury RG14 7HU
Approved on 26 March 2026
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings: Solar PV installation is to be conducted on the roof areas specified within the attached layouts. The system size will be 392 kWp with a total panel count of 784 x 500Wp. The planned system will use an appropriate roof mounting fixture mechanism. The panels will be fitted flush to the roof.
- Received
- 28 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Newbury Greenham
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation30 Jan
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided26 Mar
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Tesco Extra Pinchington Lane Newbury RG14 7HU. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Newbury Greenham. We hold 674 applications in total for the RG14 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- RG14 7HU
- Application type
- Prior Approval for Solar PV
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Greenham Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 23 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Custom Solar
- Agent address
- Sunbeam House, Broombank Road, Chesterfield, S41 9QJ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 9 March 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
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, 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.
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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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: West Berkshire
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