Box Cottage Sulham Lane Sulham Reading RG8 8EA
Approved on 10 January 2025
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
A ground mount solar PV system with battery storage to the rear of the property in his back field.
- Received
- 11 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Pangbourne
- ReceivedReceived11 Oct
- ValidatedValidated4 Nov
- Consult.Consultation9 Dec
- TargetTarget Date30 Dec
- DecidedDecided10 Jan
Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a solar installation at Box Cottage Sulham Lane Sulham Reading RG8 8EA. West Berkshire has handled 203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 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 30 applications across Pangbourne. 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 8EA
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sulham Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 7 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 9 December 2024
- Last date for comments
- 7 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 30 December 2024
- Permission expires
- 10 January 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Matthew Carter 36A Howard Street Reading RG1 7XS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 17 December 2024
- Site notice end
- 7 January 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
- SSSI: Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows SSSINext to the site
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Source: West Berkshire
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