Watermill Bridge
Bewley Homes have submitted a hybrid planning application (part outline application and part full application) for a new residential community on land at Common Farm, Wash Water Newbury.
A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) sheet has been prepared to address the main issues surrounding the application and the proposals. Click to view or download the FAQs Sheet (PDF 121KB).
The description of the proposed development is as follows:
A hybrid application for a mixed use community, comprising of:
- an outline planning application for up to 350 dwellings (Use Class C3) including dwellings for older people; a 1,600 square metre community building (Use Class F2(b)); a 1,200 square metre Health and Wellbeing Centre (Use Class E(e)) and a 250 square metre convenience store (Use Class F2(a)); demolition of Common Farm and associated agricultural buildings; the provision of open space, allotments, community gardens, a riverside park/nature trail, drainage attenuation, landscaping and associated infrastructure; and
- a full planning application for the first phase of residential development including 90 dwellings (Use Class C3), public open space, associated landscaping and infrastructure works. Full planning approval is also sought for access arrangements including a new vehicular access onto the Andover Road (A343).