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The Old Fire Station The Street Englefield Reading Berkshire RG7 5ES

11/01790/FULFull Application (8 Weeks)Approved
Full

Approved on 7 February 2012

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Proposal

Change of Use from Printers Studio (B1) to Nursery School (D1).

Received
11 August 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
7
Ward
Sulhamstead
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.28 Sep
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 180 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Old Fire Station The Street Englefield Reading Berkshire RG7 5ES. West Berkshire has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 180 days, 18 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,947 applications in total for the RG7 postcode area.

94% of full applications at West Berkshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RG7 5ES
Application type
Full Application (8 Weeks)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Englefield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2011
Consultation expiry
2 November 2011
Consultation end
28 September 2011
Last date for comments
2 November 2011
Target decision date
6 October 2011
Committee meeting
18 January 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
2 November 2011

Additional information

Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Englefield
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Berkshire

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