Vanners Bucklebury Reading RG7 6RU
Refused on 2 August 2022
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retrospective application for a change of use of land from temporary site compound (formerly agricultural use) to incidental residential use. This includes the retention of 3 storage containers, a 3-bay composter, raised beds and hard and soft landscaping works used incidentally to the residential use at Vanners.
- Received
- 25 May 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Bucklebury
- ReceivedReceived25 May
- ValidatedValidated7 Jun
- Consult.Consultation16 Aug
- TargetTarget Date2 Aug
- DecidedDecided2 Aug
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Vanners Bucklebury Reading RG7 6RU. West Berkshire has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Bucklebury. 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 6RU
- Application type
- Full - SPG4_04
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bucklebury Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 June 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 16 August 2022
- Consultation end
- 16 August 2022
- Last date for comments
- 16 August 2022
- Target decision date
- 2 August 2022
- Permission expires
- 2 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 345 Woodlands Road Woodlands Southampton SO40 7GE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 22 June 2022
- Site notice end
- 13 July 2022
Site 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202329 Aug
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 8 (SuDs ) and 9 (Lighting strategy) of planning…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/02000/COND - 202224 Nov
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 1 -10 of planning permission 21/00484/COMIND
Split DecisionDischarge of conditions22/02909/COND - 202125 Feb
Erection of agricultural building to support the agricultural use of a 5 acre paddock for livestock
ApprovedMajor Commercial/Industrial apps (13wks)21/00484/COMIND
Source: West Berkshire
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