Seven-home residential development at Everland Road, Hungerford

What was proposed

The application sought seven homes - six semi-detached and one detached - with an access road, parking and landscaping.

“Erection of residential development comprising 6 semi-detached houses, 1 detached house, with associated access road, parking, and landscaping Land South of Kennet and Avon Canal and North of Tesco Everland Road Hungerford Clere Homes 1 Extension of time agreed with applicant until 29/05/2026”

Officer report

What officers recommended

Officers recommended approval subject to conditions and legal agreement because significant benefits outweighed limited harm from housing mix and private waste collection.

“West Berkshire Council Western Area Planning Committee 15 th July 2026 reduced by the size of the proposal, the spread required to meet the policy, and the lack of demonstrable harm from not meeting this policy. The proposed development attracts significant positive weight in the planning balance regarding the provision of additional housing in a suitable location.”

“Whilst there is concern in regard to the lack of access for the Council to collect Waste from the site it is considered this harm can be overcome to an extent with the requirement for private waste collections to be arranged from the site. This would attract some negative weight in the planning balance.”

Officer report

Public views

One contributor expressed an ambivalent view and asked that nearby site accesses remain unhindered during development and construction.

“Public representations 4.2 Representations have been received from 1 contributor, of which gave an ambivalent view only requesting that the site accesses in the area remain unhindered by the development and is construction.”

Officer report

Who addressed the committee

A planning officer introduced the application, followed by a highways representative, Town Council representatives, the agent and a ward member.

The committee’s decision

The committee voted to grant permission under the officer recommendation, with update-sheet changes and an added requirement to minimise construction disruption on access roads.

“Councillor Abbs advised that he had reviewed the Council's parking standards during the meeting and noted that, given the site's location within Parking Zone 2, the proposal complied with the Council's adopted standards regardless of whether the dwellings contained four or five bedrooms.”

“RESOLVED that the Development Manager be authorised to grant planning permission as per officer recommendation, as amended by the update sheet as well as: • Amendment to condition 9 to add a line to specifically include: (i) Measures to minimise disruption on the access roads, and other accesses, during construction…”

Minutes