Westrop Farm The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham West Berkshire RG18 9JA
Proposal
Change of use of agricultural building to form one dwelling; alterations and extensions (alternative design for one of the two dwellings, Dairy Cottage, most recently approved under planning reference 19/01102/FULD)
- Received
- 8 June 2021
- Decided
- 16 November 2021 · Refusal
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Chieveley & Cold Ash
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- ReceivedReceived8 Jun
- ValidatedValidated8 Jun
- Consult.Consultation21 Jul
- TargetTarget Date3 Aug
- DecidedDecided16 Nov
Decided in 161 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Westrop Farm The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham West Berkshire RG18 9JA. West Berkshire has handled 1,525 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 62 days. This one was decided in 161 days, 14 weeks longer than West Berkshire's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Chieveley & Cold Ash. We hold 1,022 applications in total for the RG18 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 20218 Jun
Change of use of agricultural building to form one dwelling; alterations and extensions (alternative design…
This applicationRefusedFull21/01565/FULD - 201916 Apr
Change of use of two agricultural buildings to form two residential units; alterations and extensions.
ApprovedFull - SPG4_04Part of19/01102/FULD
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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