20 - 28A Pound Street Newbury

26/00271/CONDDischarge/Compliance of Condition(s)Refused

Discharge / amendments

Refused on 9 April 2026

Council decision: Refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Approval of details reserved by Conditions (12) Building Materials and (16) Hard Surface Materials of planning permission 23/02782/FULMAJ: Demolition of existing buildings (including former Jewson's site); existing dwellings 26 and 28 Pound Street; and, 28a Pound Street, former Newbury Bathroom Store) and erection of 79no. residential dwellings alongside access works, landscaping, open space, drainage and other associated works.

Received: 5 February 2026
Public comments: 1
Council: West Berkshire Council
Ward: Newbury Central

ReceivedReceived5 Feb
ValidatedValidated6 Feb
Consult.Consultation2 Mar
TargetTarget Date3 Apr
DecidedDecided9 Apr

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 20 - 28A Pound Street Newbury. West Berkshire has handled 530 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Newbury Central.

94% of conditions 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: Discharge/Compliance of Condition(s)
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 79
Parish: Newbury Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 2 March 2026
Consultation end: 2 March 2026
Last date for comments: 2 March 2026
Target decision date: 3 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 6
Constraints: 15

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Newbury Town CentrePart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Rockingham Road Bridge (BHL5333)On or next to this site
Brownfield land register: 20 - 28A Pound Street NewburyRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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 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.

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.

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Source: West Berkshire

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