Newbury Racecourse PLC
Newbury

Architecture | Landscaping | Planning

Tenacity is an important characteristic of a good Planning Consultancy. We had promoted a block of open land set in a woodland framework to the south of the Racecourse for over ten years. Eventually, following our detailed submissions to the Local Plan Inquiry, an Inspector recommended, and the Local Planning Authority accepted, that the site should be allocated for the development of 180 dwellings. We subsequently obtained a detailed planning consent before the site was sold to David Wilson Homes.

At the same Inquiry, alert to the future development potential of under-utilised land with the Racecourse’s ownership, we succeeded in persuaded the Inspector to recommend a realignment of the Settlement Policy Boundary, which paved the way for the promotion of a major mixed use redevelopment scheme including 1500 dwellings and enhancement works to the Racecourse infrastructure.