The Shrubbery Long Lane Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9LY
Approved on 28 August 2025
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Use of The Shrubbery as a home for a maximum of 3 children who will be cared for by a maximum of 3 carers at any one time. Staff change over will take place once per 24-hour period and within off-peak hours.
- Received
- 23 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Chieveley & Cold Ash
- ReceivedReceived23 Jul
- ValidatedValidated28 Jul
- Consult.Consultation19 Aug
- TargetTarget Date22 Sep
- DecidedDecided28 Aug
Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at The Shrubbery Long Lane Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9LY. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 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. We hold 1,033 applications in total for the RG18 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
- RG18 9LY
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chieveley Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 19 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 19 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 22 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 28 August 2030
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex DownsPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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