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

Proposal

Application for a Non-Material Amendment following the grant of Outline Planning Permission allowed on Appeal on the 6th of May 2022. Amendments to Description of Development, to approved parameter plans and to the wording of Conditions 2, 5, and 48 in order to remove reference to Park House School Expansion Land; and removal of conditions 9,10, and 28 which relate to Park House School Expansion Land. The amended description of the development shall read: () " Outline planning permission (with all matters 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. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Sept 2026, 23:02

Application progress

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Received

7 May 2026

Decision

Expected by 4 Jun 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 14 Sept 2026; it is now day 130.

Documents 7

Plans & drawings 4

PDF Building Heights PP Plans, Drawings · 7 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Green Infrastructure PP Plans, Drawings · 7 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Land Use and Access PP Plans, Drawings · 7 May 2026 View ↗ PDF SLGIP FIG 4.3 Plans, Drawings · 7 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data Application Form · 7 May 2026 View ↗

Associated applications 2

Part of

OutlineRefused13 Oct 2020council archive

Conditions 2, 5, 9, 10 variation sought
- AmendmentApplication for a Non-Material Amendment following the grant allowed on Appeal on the 6th…This application7 May 202626/00998/NONMAT

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). From a field survey (Reading). The older provisional map 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 11 September 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

Council: West Berkshire
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 130, past the statutory target. 78% 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 8 Sept 2026.

target

predicted

Day 13074 days past the 56-day target

55%decided within 8 weeks

65%approved

50decided 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 75%

Last counted 8 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

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