Church Farm Cottage Ashampstead Reading RG8 8RT
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Proposal
The proposal is to install nine solar PV panels to the pitched roofs of Church Farm Cottage. 7 panels on the South-facing pitched roof and 2 panels on the West-facing gable pitched roof.
- Received
- 8 November 2024
- Decision due
- 3 January 2025
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Basildon
- ReceivedReceived8 Nov
- ValidatedValidated8 Nov
- Consult.Consultation11 Dec
- TargetTarget Date3 Jan
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Church Farm Cottage Ashampstead Reading RG8 8RT. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 8 November 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 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.
81% of outline 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 8RT
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ashampstead Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 11 December 2024
- Consultation end
- 11 December 2024
- Last date for comments
- 11 December 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: AshampsteadPart of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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.
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Source: West Berkshire
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