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Awberry Farm The Green Beenham Reading RG7 5NX

23/01014/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 3 August 2023

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Proposal

Retention of unauthorised works, retrospective application for full restoration and conversion of the barn. Add internal insulation and air cooling with the addition of a new porch to West elevation to provide the key reception area for a flexible events venue.

Received
27 April 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
9
Ward
Aldermaston
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a porch at Awberry Farm The Green Beenham Reading RG7 5NX. West Berkshire has handled 203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks 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 31 applications across Aldermaston. 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 5NX
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Beenham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2023
Consultation expiry
13 June 2023
Consultation end
6 June 2023
Last date for comments
3 August 2023
Target decision date
11 July 2023
Committee meeting
5 July 2023
Permission expires
3 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 May 2023
Site notice end
13 June 2023

Additional information

Documents
84
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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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