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West Berkshire Planning: 10 Objections No Longer Mean a Committee
From 31 October, ten objections no longer send a West Berkshire planning application to councillors. What changes, and the 11 cases on the last old-style agenda.
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West Berkshire
Free Stop Smoking Help in West Berkshire: Live Well Opens
West Berkshire's free stop smoking, vaping and weight service is now taking sign-ups online or by text. Who can join, what you get, and what is still to come.
West Berkshire
West Berkshire Council This Week: One Planning Committee
Councillors vote on 15 October to merge three planning committees into one as new rules send more decisions to officers. Plus school deficits and fireworks.
West Berkshire
West Berkshire Council £9.3m Over Budget on Children's Care
West Berkshire Council forecasts a £9.3m overspend, £8.2m of it in children's services. Its main reserve could fall from just over £10m to about £1m.
West Berkshire
Grazeley Solar Farm: Council Backs £15m, Bids to Supply AWE
West Berkshire Council has backed £15m for a 20MWp solar farm near Grazeley and will bid to sell its power to AWE. The detailed figures are confidential.
Schools
West Berkshire Schools: £6.4m of Summer Building Work
Eight projects at seven schools cost £6,421,852. Falkland gets its £4.6m block in October; Thatcham Park's £828,000 early years building opened in July.
Newbury
Newbury Town Centre Reopens to Cars at 5pm From September
The 11pm pedestrian zone trial ends early. From September, Northbrook Street and five other streets reopen to traffic at 5pm, after 744 of 1,019 backed it.
West Berkshire
20mph Dropped in Cold Ash, Hermitage and Four More Villages
West Berkshire has scrapped 20mph limits in six villages. Objections beat support in all six, and its own report says collisions would not have fallen.