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26/00048/COND - Discharge/Compliance of Condition(s) Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Approval of details reserved by Condition (4) Archaeological Works of planning permission 25/01777/FUL: The temporary compound will house the following elements: Temporary access off a classified highway (C-road); 2 x double stacked site cabins providing office and welfare space; Water tank; Generator; Designated car parking area; Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) storage area Diesel tank 2 x general waste skips. Store, Water Closet (WC), Topsoil storage area, Materials storage area The compound will be installed on imported Type 1 stone laid over a geogrid/geotextile, following a ~300mm topsoil strip. These works are shown on the Site Block Plan (L693.01-JE-BOXFS1ZZ-100-DR-ZD-0012) which shows the general arrangement of the site. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Jan 2026
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Validated
13 Jan 2026
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Approved
9 Feb 2026

Approved on 9 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Approved Decision Notice · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Click Here Delegated Report · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Principal Archaeologist Consultee Comment · 5 Feb 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Written Scheme of Investigation Supporting Document · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Covering Letter Supporting Document · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 7

SSSI: Boxford Chalk Pit SSSI
Natural England must be consulted on work that may affect it.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SAC
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
North Wessex Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Special area of conservation 18 m away: Kennet & Lambourn Floodplain
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 17 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.
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

Council
West Berkshire
Application type
Discharge/Compliance of Condition(s)
Received
12 Jan 2026
Validated
13 Jan 2026
Ward
Hungerford & Kintbury
Parish
Boxford Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Mar 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
9 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Mott MacDonald

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
5 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Mar 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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