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26/00998/NONMAT - Non-Material Amendment Awaiting decision

Proposal

Non-Material Amendments (S96A) to Outline Planning Permission allowed on appeal on 6.5.2022, by way of removing all references to the Park House School Expansion Land from: i) the Description of Development, the updated description to read: 'Outline planning permission with all matters of detail reserved except for access for up to 1,000 new homes; an 80 extra care housing units (Use Class C3) as part of the affordable housing provision; a new 2 form entry primary school (D1); a local centre to comprise flexible commercial floorspace (A1-A5 up to 2,150 sq m, B1a up to 200 sq m) and D1 use (up to 500sq m); the formation of new means of access onto Monks Lane; new open space including the laying out of a new country park; drainage infrastructure; walking and cycling infrastructure and other associated infrastructure works'; ii) the approved set of Outline Parameter and SLGI Plans; and iii) the wording of Conditions: 2 (Phasing Plan), 5 (Approved Plans including amended set of plans), and 48 (Prevention of Access to the River Enborne); and also iv) deleting the following Conditions in their entirety: 9 (Expansion Land), 10 (No lighting in Expansion Land), and 28 ( Construction Access to Park House School Expansion Land). This S96A application is accompanied by a S106 Deed of Variation (DoV2) to the approved S106 Unilateral Undertaking (as already modified) removing references to the Park House School Expansion Land and providing a set of alternative mitigation measures in respect of Park House School. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
7 May 2026
Decision
Target date was 4 Jun 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 175.

Associated applications 2

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Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Reading). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Survey report ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Tree preservation order 19 m away: 201/21/1016 - W11 - MIX3; Priority habitat 20 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Postcode
RG20 9BB
Received
7 May 2026
Validated
7 May 2026
Ward
Newbury Wash Common
Parish
Greenham Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Jun 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
White Peak Planning

Decision outlook

Day 175, past the statutory target. 75% of new homes in West Berkshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 22 Oct 2026.

Day 175119 days past the 56-day target
49%decided within 8 weeks
65%approved
68decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by West Berkshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Berkshire decision record →

Public comments

4comments received
4 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 22 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
4 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Berkshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#202 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

West Berkshire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #199 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Berkshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #122 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #142 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #199 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #203 of 296
55%
Minor dwellings approved
65 decided (1-9 homes)
96%
Major dwellings approved
25 decided (10+ homes)
77%
Change of use approved
57 decided
1,045
Total decisions
108 refused in the year to March 2026