17 - 19 Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1DJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00792/ADV - Advert Application Approved

Proposal

Proposed new 1x internally applied Vinyl, 1x internally Applied vinyl (Store directory), 1x externally applied vinyl Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Apr 2026
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Validated
14 Apr 2026
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Consultation
22 Apr 2026
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Approved
3 Jun 2026

Approved on 3 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Newbury Town Centre conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
37 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 86, Northbrook Street, Grade II, 25 m away · 4 Grade II*, 32 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 129 m away: Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Newbury built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Building

Floor area166 m² (1,787 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (asset rating 81)
UseOffices and Workshop Businesses
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2024, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Advert Application
Postcode
RG14 1DJ
Received
13 Apr 2026
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Ward
Newbury Central
Parish
Newbury Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Jun 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
3 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Tesco Business Solutions

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 14 days faster than West Berkshire's median of 64 for advertisement consent. Approved, as 100% of advertisement consent here are.

47%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
17decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
14 May 2026
Site or press notice
22 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Berkshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#202 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.