Former Scout Hut Battery End, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14
Key Features
- Located within a cul-de-sac in wash common, Newbury
- Planning permission for a house
- Would suit alternative uses
- Off road parking
- 1.9 miles To Newbury Train Station
Description
The property consists of a timber framed scout hut which includes toilets and kitchen.
Full planning permission was granted for a 4 bedroom family house.
The planning consent, can be inspected via West Berkshire Councils planning portal ref number 24/00674/FULD.
Alternative uses subject to planning could include a new HQ facility plus workshop / storage on the entire ground floor with 2 floors of Offices on the first and within the Pitched roof.
Key Features
Planning Permission 24/00674/FUL
Planning Permission For A Four Bedroom Detached House
Vendor's Team Can Build c£400,000-£500,000
Wash Common Area
Views Over Wash Common Playing Field
End of Cul-de-sac
Off Road Parking
Rare Opportunity to Design Your New Home Interior
1.9 miles To Newbury Train Station
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
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- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-01-29
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Falkland Primary School86 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 422
- Type
- Community school
- John Rankin Infant and Nursery School950 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Pupils
- 240
- Type
- Academy converter
- John Rankin Junior School0.7 milesOfsted: Inadequate *
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 311
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Highwood Copse Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 149
- Type
- Free schools
- St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School1.1 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Pupils
- 188
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Park House School256 metresOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 981
- Type
- Academy converter
- St Bartholomew's School1 mileOfsted report card · Jan 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,905
- Type
- Academy converter
- The Clere School2.3 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 382
- Type
- Community school
- Trinity School2.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,349
- Type
- Academy converter
- Kennet School4.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,824
- Type
- Academy converter
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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Quintons, Newbury
Bartholomew House, 38 London Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1JX
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Bartholomew House, 38 London Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1JX
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