The Old Barn, Exlade Street, Checkendon, Reading, RG8 0UA
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for the installation of solar panels on the roof of an existing detached garage.
- Received
- 27 August 2026
- Decided
- 13 October 2026 · Refusal of Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- ReceivedSubmitted27 Aug
- ValidatedValidated27 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided13 Oct
Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)
This is a planning application for a garage at The Old Barn Exlade Street Checkendon Reading RG8 0UA. South Oxfordshire has handled 339 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 47 days, 8 days quicker than South Oxfordshire's median. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,616 applications in total for the RG8 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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