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Whitehart Meadow High Street Theale Reading

25/02146/OUTMAJOutline Major Application (13 Weeks)Awaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Outline planning application for construction of 40no. residential dwellings. Matters to be considered: Access.

Received
19 September 2025
Decision due
30 December 2025
Public comments
28
Ward
Theale
Agent
Nigel Rose Architects
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 17 December.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Whitehart Meadow High Street Theale Reading. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Theale.

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

Application type
Outline Major Application (13 Weeks)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
40
Parish
Theale Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2025
Consultation expiry
17 December 2025
Consultation end
17 December 2025
Last date for comments
17 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nigel Rose Architects
Agent address
Sterling House Stroudley Road Basingstoke RG24 8UG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 October 2025
Site notice end
30 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
63
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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