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Richens Sporting Lodge Bath Road Halfway Newbury RG20 8NG

26/00451/FULApproved

Approved on 10 July 2026

Council decision: Approval4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from shooting, fishing and corporate functions to mixed use allowing continued corporate functions and overnight accommodation.

Submitted
13 March 2026
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 119 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Richens Sporting Lodge Bath Road Halfway Newbury RG20 8NG. West Berkshire has handled 5,448 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 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. We hold 1,024 applications in total for the RG20 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RG20 8NG

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026

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
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
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.

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
    29 Jul

    Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission 26/00451/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment26/01656/NONMAT
  2. 2026
    13 Mar

    Change of use from shooting, fishing and corporate functions to mixed use allowing continued corporate…

    This applicationApprovedApplication26/00451/FUL

Source: West Berkshire

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