Newbury Business Park London Road Newbury RG14 2PZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01602/FUL - Full Application (8 Weeks) Awaiting decision

Proposal

Change of use from an approved Sui Generis vehicle rental premises to a mixed Sui Generis vehicle rental and vehicle sales premises. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jul 2026
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Validated
18 Aug 2026
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Consultation
2 Sept 2026
Decision
Target date was 13 Oct 2026

As of 6 Oct 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Documents 3

Application forms 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Community Infrastructure Levy · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗
PDF Application Form Application Correspondence · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

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 ↗
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.
Special area of conservation 66 m away: River Lambourn
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.
SSSI 66 m away: River Lambourn 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
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Newbury built-up area; Priority habitat 45 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · 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.

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Important details

Application type
Full Application (8 Weeks)
Postcode
RG14 2PZ
Received
22 Jul 2026
Validated
18 Aug 2026
Ward
Newbury Clay Hill
Parish
Newbury Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 71, past the statutory target. 84% of changes of use in West Berkshire are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 17 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 5 Oct 2026.

Day 7115 days past the 56-day target
49%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
73decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

34 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
23 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
2 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Berkshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#202 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

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