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26/02286/SCREEN - EIA Screening Opinion Request Awaiting decision

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion Request - The proposed works include refurbishment of existing assets which does not constitute development as defined in Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 together with new development which will improve the quality of discharges to groundwater from the site. The new development at the site will incorporate the following: Hardstanding area for tanker (3m x 8m); Emergency generator hardstanding (2m x 3m); Flowmeter chamber (below ground 1.2m x 1.2m); Humus desludge pumps on slab (2m x 2m); LVA Motor Control Centre; (1.25m x 2.5m x 2.5m high); and New pipework and cabling (below ground). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 05:09

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Application progress

✓

Received

19 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 9 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 14 Dec 2026, from West Berkshire's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Comments are open until 10 Nov 2026

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Documents 4

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Appendix B - site location plan Supporting Document · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 5

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.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 21 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

Council: West Berkshire
Application type: EIA Screening Opinion Request
Received: 19 Oct 2026
Validated: 19 Oct 2026
Ward: Downlands
Parish: Leckhampstead Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 10 of the 56-day target. West Berkshire usually decides utility and infrastructure works by day 56.

prediction

Day 1046 days to the 56-day target

61%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

70decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 28 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 10 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 9 Nov 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