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26/01399/COND - Discharge/Compliance of Condition(s) Approved

Proposal

Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 14 'Construction Method Statement - Highway' of planning permission : Non-material amendment relating to application reference (Hybrid Planning Application: 1) Full planning permission for a food store with a floor area of 1800 square metres (Use Class E(a)) together with drainage, parking and associated access, infrastructure, and landscaping. 2) Outline planning permission (matters to be considered: access) for up to 75 residential units (Use Class C3) high-capacity Electric Vehicle (EV) charging area, and residential care accommodation, containing up to 70 beds (Use Class C2), together with open space, play space, drainage, parking and associated access, infrastructure, landscape, bund on the eastern boundary with the A339, ancillary and site preparation works). Amendment: Proposed amendments to wording of condition 7, 9, 10,13, 14,16,17,18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38 and 39. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
26 Jun 2026
Approved
21 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Associated applications 17

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3a, surveyed
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). From a field survey (Reading). 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.
Survey report ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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
Discharge/Compliance of Condition(s)
Received
26 Jun 2026
Validated
26 Jun 2026
Ward
Newbury Wash Common
Parish
Greenham Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Aug 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
21 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Avison Young

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
24 Jul 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