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The Old Vicarage Speen Lane Speen Newbury RG14 1RJ

25/01332/CERTPCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)Awaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of black solar PV panels and black bird guard (around panels) to a section of the slate roof on the rear elevation of the property. Installation of wall mounted batteries and system inverter at ground level next to property meter cupboards. Solar panels will be on south west, rear elevation of property. Batteries and inverter will be external wall mounted at ground level on front elevation of property directly above and beside meter cupboards. Solar panels and batteries / inverter should significantly reduce the costs of providing power at the property for the use and benefit of disabled resident. Speen Lane is to the north of property. No roads adjacent to south of property. Residential installation and use of solar PV and batteries.

Received
9 June 2025
Decision due
14 August 2025
Ward
Newbury Speen
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 18 July.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at The Old Vicarage Speen Lane Speen Newbury RG14 1RJ. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 June 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Newbury Speen. We hold 674 applications in total for the RG14 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
RG14 1RJ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Speen Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2025
Consultation expiry
18 July 2025
Consultation end
18 July 2025
Last date for comments
18 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Speen
  • Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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, National Landscapes, 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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© 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: 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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