Barn at Highcroft Farm Elcot Newbury
Approved on 27 February 2026
Council decision: Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: New agricultural building, to include hay/straw storage and a lambing area (used for seasonally cold winters)
- Received
- 10 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Hungerford & Kintbury
- Agent
- Della Valle Architects
- ReceivedReceived10 Feb
- ValidatedValidated11 Feb
- Consult.Consultation9 Mar
- TargetTarget Date4 Mar
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Barn at Highcroft Farm Elcot Newbury. West Berkshire has handled 62 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Hungerford & Kintbury.
91% of all 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
- Agricultural Development
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Kintbury Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 9 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 4 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Della Valle Architects
- Architect profile
- DELLA VALLE ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- Lake View Charlton Estate Shepton Mallet BA4 5QE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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, 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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