The Workshop Englefield Estate Yard The Street Englefield Reading RG7 5ES

20/01426/LBC2Listed Building Consent (No Demo)Approved

Listed building consent

Approved on 4 June 2021

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of buildings (including Grade II listed sawmill) to employment uses (Use Classes B1(a), B1(c) and B2); together with addition of mezzanine floors; demolition of existing Timber Treatment Shed and Open Barn; and erection of new maintenance building (Use Class B2) together with car parking and landscaping

Received: 25 June 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Berkshire Council
Ward: Bradfield

ReceivedReceived25 Jun
ValidatedValidated29 Jun
Consult.Consultation21 Jul
TargetTarget Date24 Aug
DecidedDecided4 Jun

Decided in 340 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at The Workshop Englefield Estate Yard The Street Englefield Reading RG7 5ES. West Berkshire has handled 203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 344 days, 41 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 15 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Bradfield. We hold 1,947 applications in total for the RG7 postcode area.

95% of heritage 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: Listed Building Consent (No Demo)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Englefield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 June 2020
Consultation expiry: 24 July 2020
Consultation end: 21 July 2020
Last date for comments: 24 July 2020
Target decision date: 24 August 2020
Permission expires: 4 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mrs Joanne Unsworth Hawker House Napier Road Reading RG1 8BW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 3 July 2020
Site notice end: 24 July 2020

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 95
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Englefield
Listed building: Grade II: The Boiler House, Chimney, Sawmill and Joiner's Shop, Englefield Estate YardOn this site · +1 more
National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

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30 Mar
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 6 (openings doors/windows) of approved 20/01426/LBC2
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2020
25 Jun
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ApprovedMajor Commercial/Industrial apps (13wks)Filed alongside20/01425/COMIND
2020
25 Jun
Change of use of buildings (including Grade II listed sawmill) to employment uses (Use Classes B1(a), B1(c)…
This applicationApprovedHeritage20/01426/LBC2

Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: West Berkshire

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