Investment to Build Back Better
 For the coming year our priority is to continue providing good essential local services while supporting our community during these challenging economic times.
Our wide-ranging Budget to invest in West Berkshire's future was approved at a full Council meeting held last night (2 March). The 2021-22 budget features planned investments for schools, the environment, waste collection, transport, community projects, and other infrastructure to build back better.
Council tax contributes to paying for essential services, and in this year's budget we have managed to contain an increase in the tax to just 1.99%.
Read more about the 2021-22 Budget
  Thank you to all who participated in our recent emerging draft Local Plan Review 2020-37 consultation, which has now closed.
Join us on Monday, 8 March at 6pm on our Facebook page, where Councillor Hilary Cole (Executive Member for Planning, Housing & Public Protection) and Bryan Lyttle (Planning Policy Manager) will be myth-busting and providing an update on the proposed West Berkshire Local Plan Review 2037.
If you have any questions that you would like Hilary and Bryan to answer, please do submit these via email on: pr@westberks.gov.uk before 4pm on Monday. You will also have the opportunity to post a question on the Facebook chat during the Live session.
Follow the West Berkshire Council Facebook Page to keep up to date on news and important information.
 Newbury Rugby Club has been identified as the preferred site for the new sports ground which would include a high-quality artificial grass pitch, stadium, floodlights, a changing room and function room. The site would also be available for community use for rugby and other sports and activities.
We are hosting a webinar (online event) on Tuesday, 16 March at 5pm to update residents and answer their questions. Book a ticket
West Berkshire Council and Greenham Trust have jointly set up a £200,000 'Surviving to Thriving' fund to enable voluntary organisations to apply for grants to help improve the mental health and wellbeing of local residents impacted by Covid-19.
All not-for-profit organisations in West Berkshire are invited to apply for funding for Covid-19 related mental health projects via The Good Exchange.
Grants of £500 to £30,000 will be awarded for successful applications. Requests for grants made via The Good Exchange (Greenham Trust's online funding and fundraising platform) will reviewed weekly, so organisations are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Read more information and start your registration
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Chance to win a £1000 Currys PC World Voucher if you enter before 24 April
Now is your chance to WIN £1,000 to spend at Currys PC World while supporting your local community by playing the West Berkshire Lottery.
Enter today for £1 per ticket. Not only will you be in with the chance of winning weekly cash prizes up to the £25,000 jackpot, but also for tickets purchased by 24 April, you will be entered into a national prize draw for a £1,000 Currys PC World Gift Voucher.
The draw is on 24 April at 8pm and the results will be announced at that time on the lottery website.
For just £1 a week, the West Berkshire Lottery is a fun and easy way to support your local community - 50% of the ticket sale goes directly to support your chosen good cause and 10% goes into the Good Causes fund.
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 West Berkshire Elections for the Thames Valley Police Crime Commissioner and four By-Elections will be held on Thursday, 6 May 2021.
See more information about the local elections
Register to vote
Choose your voting option
You can vote safely at our polling stations on 6 May. Or, if you prefer to vote by post, you will need to fill out an application form to be able to do so. Applications for postal votes must be received at our Market Street office in Newbury by 5pm on Tuesday 20 April.
Print off or download an application form for your postal vote
Please send your completed application form to: West Berkshire Council, Market St, Newbury RG14 5LD
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