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Overhead Power Lines Hermitage Thatcham

23/01900/FORMBElectricity Act ApplicationApproved

Approved on 19 September 2023

Council decision: No Objection RaisedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification under Electricity Act 1989: Overhead Lines (Exemption)(England and Wales) Regulations 2009. The replacement of 1 x 11kV wooden electricity poles on the Yattendon (YATT) E3L5 11kV and 5 x Pole Mounted transformer. Hermitage and Oare area.

Received
9 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chieveley & Cold Ash
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated9 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided19 Sep

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Overhead Power Lines Hermitage Thatcham. West Berkshire has handled 62 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Chieveley & Cold Ash.

91% of all 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

Application type
Electricity Act Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hermitage Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 August 2023
Target decision date
9 October 2023
Permission expires
19 September 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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

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© 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.

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Source: West Berkshire

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