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Sewage Treatment Works Sulhamstead Road Burghfield Reading

25/02186/FULApproved

Approved on 8 July 2026

Council decision: Approval12 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Extension of Burghfield Sewage Treatment Works to include new tanks, plant and machinery, new security fencing, and associated landscaping.

Submitted
3 November 2025
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 247 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Sewage Treatment Works Sulhamstead Road Burghfield Reading. West Berkshire has handled 5,448 applications of this type. This one was decided in 247 days, 27 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address.

Application details

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    31 Jul

    Welfare and laboratory buildings

    PendingApplication26/01317/FUL

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