Donnington Castle House Castle Lane Donnington Newbury RG14 2LE Data via plota.co.uk

26/01893/LBC - Listed Building Consent Pending

Proposal

Internal and External Alterations, plus landscape works and erection of new garden structures Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
1 Sept 2026
Validated
9 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 4 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 4 Nov 2026, from West Berkshire's recent extensions.

Documents 58

Plans & drawings 40

PDF Proposed Block & Site Plan Plans, Drawings · 9 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF External Details Sunken Garden Steps Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing & Proposed Elevations Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing First Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing & Proposed Section A-A Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Roof Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Elevations Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed First Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Roof Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Site & Block Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Ground Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Attic Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Cellar Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Sunken Garden Pergola Sections Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Sunken Garden & Long Border Layout Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Entrance Gate Details Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Swimming Pool/Tennis Court Open Pavilion Elevations & Plans Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Gate Piers & Re-Use Existing Gates Elevation & Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Herb Garden - Changes to Existing Walls Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Figures Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Proposed Structure & Investigations Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Proposed Lower Retaining Wall Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Proposed North Retaining Wall Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Proposed South Retaining Wall Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Proposed Structure & Investigations Overall Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Existing Details 2/2 Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Existing Overall Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Existing Details 1/2 Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Drawing Key & Schedules Supporting Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Location Plan Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Proposed Details 9/9 Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Proposed Details 8/9 Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Proposed Details 7/9 Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Proposed Details 6/9 Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Croquet Lawn Proposed Details 5/9 Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Croquet Lawn Details 4/9 Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Croquet Lawn Details 3/9 Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Croquet Lawn Details 2/9 Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Croquet Lawn Details 1/9 Plans, Drawings · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Grade II listed: Donnington Castle House
List entry 1220375 · 3 m from the pin · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade II)
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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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.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. 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.
Scheduled monument 101 m away: Donnington Castle: a quadrangular castle and 17th century fieldwork.
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats -NEX
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Registered park or garden 90 m away: Donnington Grove
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Special area of conservation 429 m away: River Lambourn; SSSI 429 m away: River Lambourn SSSI; Priority habitat 16 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
RG14 2LE
Received
1 Sept 2026
Validated
9 Sept 2026
Ward
Newbury Speen
Parish
Shaw Cum Donnington PC
Target decision
4 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Atlas Planning Group

Decision outlook

Day 3 of the 56-day target. West Berkshire usually decides extensions by day 56.

Day 353 days to the 56-day target
59%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
379decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
4 Nov 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