The Forge Ashampstead Common Reading RG8 8QT
Approved on 7 December 2023
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of 1 x Daikin Multi Split Condensing Unit, Air to Air Heat Pump on the exterior wall of the 'Annex' of The Forge. The unit would be installed at ground level on the exterior wall of the 'Annex' on the garden side of the building.
- Received
- 9 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Basildon
- ReceivedReceived9 Aug
- ValidatedValidated21 Aug
- Consult.Consultation20 Sep
- TargetTarget Date16 Oct
- DecidedDecided7 Dec
Decided in 108 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at The Forge Ashampstead Common Reading RG8 8QT. West Berkshire has handled 203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Basildon. We hold 1,682 applications in total for the RG8 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
- RG8 8QT
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ashampstead Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 August 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 24 October 2023
- Consultation end
- 20 September 2023
- Last date for comments
- 24 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 16 October 2023
- Permission expires
- 7 December 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 October 2023
- Site notice end
- 24 October 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site
- National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, 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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Source: West Berkshire
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