Out Of District Planning Consultation Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Land East Of Ecchinswell Road… Data via plota.co.uk

25/02814/OOD - Out of District Consultation Decided

Proposal

Out Of District Planning Consultation BDBC: Ref - Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for pedestrian and vehicle access (excluding internal estates roads) from Ecchinswell Road, for the erection of up to 50 dwellings (Class C3); open space and service infrastructure and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
4 Dec 2025
Decision
Target date was 16 Jan 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 329.

The consultation period closed on 30 Dec 2025.

Site constraints 9

Public footpath about 18 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
SSSI about 59 m away: Greenham and Crookham Commons SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Registered park or garden about 148 m away: Sandleford Priory; Tree preservation order about 4 m away: 201/21/0339 - G1; Inside the Newbury built-up area; Open access land about 2 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Priority habitat about 34 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 19 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
Out of District Consultation
Received
4 Dec 2025
Validated
4 Dec 2025
Ward
Newbury Greenham
Parish
Greenham Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Neame Sutton Limited

Decision outlook

Day 329, past the statutory target. 87% of other 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 24 Oct 2026.

Day 329273 days past the 56-day target
69%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
2,189decided in the last year

Plota live figures for other decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent other in West Berkshire to go on. West Berkshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
30 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
7 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No
West Berkshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#202 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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