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Village launches fundraiser for legal battle with council over showpeople site

14 June 2025
Village launches fundraiser for legal battle with council over showpeople site

Village launches fundraiser for legal battle with council over showpeople site

14 June 2025

Enborne village is driving a fundraiser to get more cash to take West Berkshire Council to court.

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Application lays out efforts to save old oak tree

13 June 2025
Application lays out efforts to save old oak tree

Application lays out efforts to save old oak tree

13 June 2025

With all the upset over the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, it’s understandable that anyone wanting to get rid of a tree states the case.


Kennet Shopping centre plans are ‘formulaic, filing cabinet architecture’ inquiry hears

12 June 2025
Kennet Shopping centre plans are ‘formulaic, filing cabinet architecture’ inquiry hears

Kennet Shopping centre plans are ‘formulaic, filing cabinet architecture’ inquiry hears

12 June 2025

The inquiry into West Berkshire’s rejection of the multi-storey Eagle Quarter redevelopment in Newbury town centre has now all but closed.


Theale to increase in size by a third under Local Plan

12 June 2025
Theale to increase in size by a third under Local Plan

Theale to increase in size by a third under Local Plan

12 June 2025

Councillors voted through the revised Local Plan in a free vote on Tuesday night, meaning some of the ruling Lib Dem team rejected it.


Council 'caught between rock and a hard place' over Local Plan

11 June 2025
Council 'caught between rock and a hard place' over Local Plan

Council 'caught between rock and a hard place' over Local Plan

11 June 2025

The West Berkshire Local Plan has now been approved.


Will it or won’t it harm the character of Newbury? Kennet Centre appeal goes into a second week

11 June 2025
Will it or won’t it harm the character of Newbury? Kennet Centre appeal goes into a second week

Will it or won’t it harm the character of Newbury? Kennet Centre appeal goes into a second week

11 June 2025

The Kennet Shopping centre appeal concludes this week, with a ruling from the government planning inspector due in August.

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Theale builder jailed for not finishing jobs and providing false certificates

11 June 2025
Theale builder jailed for not finishing jobs and providing false certificates

Theale builder jailed for not finishing jobs and providing false certificates

11 June 2025

A Theale builder has been jailed for a year for supplying false electrical and building control certificates.


West Berkshire health figures show high numbers of overweight people

10 June 2025
West Berkshire health figures show high numbers of overweight people

West Berkshire health figures show high numbers of overweight people

10 June 2025

West Berkshire has a higher rate of cardio vascular and respiratory disease, and cancer than the national average.


Risks and costs of local plan spelled out to West Berkshire Council

09 June 2025
Risks and costs of local plan spelled out to West Berkshire Council

Risks and costs of local plan spelled out to West Berkshire Council

09 June 2025

West Berkshire Council meets this week to discuss adopting the revised Local Plan.


More children starting school in West Berkshire need help with toilet training, says council

09 June 2025
More children starting school in West Berkshire need help with toilet training, says council

More children starting school in West Berkshire need help with toilet training, says council

09 June 2025

Government inspectors have been told that a growing number of children in West Berkshire are starting school with underdeveloped social skills.


20 year demolition programme at AWE to make way for new buildings

07 June 2025
20 year demolition programme at AWE to make way for new buildings

20 year demolition programme at AWE to make way for new buildings

07 June 2025

The AWE site in Aldermaston is to undergo a major demolition programme ahead of the creation of a replacement facility known as the HUB.


Road condition survey on effect of 270 homes south of Newbury

06 June 2025
Road condition survey on effect of 270 homes south of Newbury

Road condition survey on effect of 270 homes south of Newbury

06 June 2025

West Berkshire Council is being asked for its views on the road condition survey of a planned 270 home development south of Newbury.

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Public consultation launched for new council areas

05 June 2025
Public consultation launched for new council areas

Public consultation launched for new council areas

05 June 2025

A consultation has been launched to gauge views on a new council area for West Berkshire.


‘Newbury still ‘feels’ like a small market town’ – Day one of Kennet Shopping centre planning appeal

03 June 2025
‘Newbury still ‘feels’ like a small market town’ – Day one of Kennet Shopping centre planning appeal

‘Newbury still ‘feels’ like a small market town’ – Day one of Kennet Shopping centre planning appeal

03 June 2025

The appeal into West Berkshire Council’s rejection of the multi-storey redevelopment of the Kennet Shopping centre in Newbury has begun.


Nuclear bomb programme gets £15bn boost at Aldermaston AWE

03 June 2025
Nuclear bomb programme gets £15bn boost at Aldermaston AWE

Nuclear bomb programme gets £15bn boost at Aldermaston AWE

03 June 2025

The Government has announced a £15bn investment in the nuclear warhead programme at AWE in Aldermaston, Burghfield and Brimpton.


Appeal into Kennet Centre’s Eagle Quarter plans begins today

03 June 2025
Appeal into Kennet Centre’s Eagle Quarter plans begins today

Appeal into Kennet Centre’s Eagle Quarter plans begins today

03 June 2025

The planning hearing for the eight-storey Kennet Centre redevelopment is due to start today.


Appeal against council refusal for gypsy traveller site

22 May 2025
Appeal against council refusal for gypsy traveller site

Appeal against council refusal for gypsy traveller site

22 May 2025

A planning appeal has been lodged against West Berkshire Council’s refusal of a gypsy traveller site.


‘Ambitious’ council hails its successes in first year of office

21 May 2025
‘Ambitious’ council hails its successes in first year of office

‘Ambitious’ council hails its successes in first year of office

21 May 2025

West Berkshire’s council leader has rounded up a year in office since the Lib Dems won the election last year by thanking his staff.


Tony Vickers takes the top seat at the council

16 May 2025
Tony Vickers takes the top seat at the council

Tony Vickers takes the top seat at the council

16 May 2025

“I want to showcase some of the great things that are being done in our lovely district” says new council chairman Tony Vickers


New plans for West Berkshire’s net zero ambitions

16 May 2025
New plans for West Berkshire’s net zero ambitions

New plans for West Berkshire’s net zero ambitions

16 May 2025

With five years to go to its 2030 carbon neutral deadline - the council has adjusted its environmental expectations.

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