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Institute For Animal Health High Street Compton Newbury RG20 7NN

26/00261/RESMAJReserved Matters Major App (13 Weeks)Awaiting decision
Reserved matters
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Reserved Matters application for the approval of appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale for the erection of 160 residential dwellings including public open spaces, landscaping pursuant to Outline planning permission 20/01336/OUTMAJ: Hybrid planning application seeking: 1) Outline planning permission (all matters reserved with the exception of access), for development comprising of up to 160 residential units (Class C3), the provision of landscaping, construction of access and street lighting, car and cycle parking, other associated infrastructure, sustainable drainage systems, engineering works and mitigation measures including the construction of internal roads. The proposal includes at least 1.75 hectares of employment land (Class B1) associated with the retention of the Intervet building and a playing field (Class D2) associated with the retention of the existing Cricket Pitch. 2) Full planning permission for the demolition of existing buildings, structures and hardstanding along with preparatory works including earthworks, remediation, utility works and associated mitigation measures. The change of use of land including the creation of public open space and wildlife area.

Received
2 February 2026
Decision due
15 May 2026
Public comments
35
Ward
Ridgeway
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Aug
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided

Have your say

Comments close on 13 August.

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Institute For Animal Health High Street Compton Newbury RG20 7NN. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Ridgeway. We hold 1,024 applications in total for the RG20 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
RG20 7NN
Application type
Reserved Matters Major App (13 Weeks)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
160
Parish
Compton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
13 August 2026
Consultation end
13 August 2026
Last date for comments
11 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Dawn Brodie Wytham Court 11 West Way Oxford OX2 0QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 May 2026
Site notice end
30 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
222
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: ComptonPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +8 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Brownfield land register: Pirbright Institute site, ComptonRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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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