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

26/01892/HOUSE - Householder Application Pending

Proposal

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

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View original council record ↗Last checked 11 Sept 2026, 06:37

Application progress

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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

Statements & assessments 6

PDF Design & Access Statement Supporting Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Sustainability Statement Supporting Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Statement of Significance Supporting Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Roost Assessment Supporting Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Supporting Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Heritage Impact Assessment Supporting Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 40

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Application Form · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL Form 1 Community Infrastructure Levy · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

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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43 mStables Approximately 20 Metres to West of Donnington Castle HouseGrade II

Historic England ↗

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

Council: West Berkshire
Application type: Householder Application
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: Show
Agent: Atlas Planning Group

Decision outlook

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

prediction

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

Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Approved

Gardeners Cottage Castle House Castle Lane Donnington Newbury Berkshire RG14 2LE

Minor alterations.

18/00216/LBC2 5 Apr 2018

2016 Approved

Donnington Castle House Castle Lane Donnington Newbury Berkshire RG14 2LE

Erect garden wall following removal of fence.

16/01549/HOUSE 28 Jul 2016

2016 Approved

Donnington Castle House Castle Lane Donnington Newbury Berkshire RG14 2LE

Erect garden wall following removal of fence.

16/01258/LBC2 6 Jul 2016

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

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

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 58

Statements & assessments 6

Plans & drawings 40

Application forms 2

Other documents 10

Site constraints 9

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Important details

Decision outlook

Public comments

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