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Sewage Treatment Works Wantage Road Leckhampstead Newbury

26/02286/SCREENEIA Screening Opinion RequestAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion Request - The proposed works include refurbishment of existing assets which does not constitute development as defined in Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 together with new development which will improve the quality of discharges to groundwater from the site. The new development at the site will incorporate the following: Hardstanding area for tanker (3m x 8m); Emergency generator hardstanding (2m x 3m); Flowmeter chamber (below ground 1.2m x 1.2m); Humus desludge pumps on slab (2m x 2m); LVA Motor Control Centre; (1.25m x 2.5m x 2.5m high); and New pipework and cabling (below ground).

Received
19 October 2026
Decision due
9 November 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 26 October 2026
Ward
Downlands
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 10 November.

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About this application

This is an outline application at Sewage Treatment Works Wantage Road Leckhampstead Newbury. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Downlands.

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Application details

Application type
EIA Screening Opinion Request
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Leckhampstead Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2026
Consultation end
10 November 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

Source: West Berkshire

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