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Units 7 - 8 The Courtyard The Broadway Thatcham RG19 3HQ

24/01230/PACOUPrior Approval for Change of UseApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 8 August 2024

Council decision: Application requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the conversion of the application site from retail (Use Class E(a)) to a two-bedroom three-person flat (Use Class C3).

Received
14 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Thatcham Central
  1. Received14 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided8 Aug

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Units 7 - 8 The Courtyard The Broadway Thatcham RG19 3HQ. West Berkshire has handled 214 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Thatcham Central. We hold 346 applications in total for the RG19 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
RG19 3HQ
Application type
Prior Approval for Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thatcham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2024
Consultation expiry
22 August 2024
Consultation end
22 August 2024
Last date for comments
22 August 2024
Target decision date
13 August 2024
Permission expires
8 August 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Spencer Way London E1 2PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 July 2024
Site notice end
24 July 2024

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: ThatchamPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old Chequers Public HouseOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Turnfields land rear of Regent, The Moors, ThatchamRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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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© 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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