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Manor Farmhouse Benham Park Marsh Benham Newbury RG20 8LX

26/00201/HOUSEHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 17 April 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of single storey rear extension and external alterations.

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Newbury Speen
Agent
Fowler Architecture & Planning Ltd
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Manor Farmhouse Benham Park Marsh Benham Newbury RG20 8LX. West Berkshire has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer 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 44 applications across Newbury Speen. 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 8LX
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Speen Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
15 April 2026
Consultation end
15 April 2026
Last date for comments
26 February 2026
Target decision date
31 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fowler Architecture & Planning Ltd
Agent address
39 High Street Pewsey Wiltshire SN9 5AF UK

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 March 2026
Site notice end
26 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
29
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Benham Park
  • Registered park and garden: Benham Park
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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
    15 Jul

    Approval of details reserved by Condition (3) Materials of planning permission 26/00201/HOUSE

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01544/COND
  2. 2026
    29 Jan

    Erection of single storey rear extension and external alterations.

    This applicationApprovedFull26/00201/HOUSE

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