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Altius Heads Lane Inkpen Common Hungerford RG17 9QS

25/02218/CERTECertificate of Lawfulness (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 8 January 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The Lawful Development Certificate is being sought for the use of Altius as an independent unit of accommodation (i.e. a separate dwelling in its own right).

Received
29 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Hungerford & Kintbury
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Altius Heads Lane Inkpen Common Hungerford RG17 9QS. West Berkshire has handled 214 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 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. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Hungerford & Kintbury. We hold 695 applications in total for the RG17 postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
RG17 9QS
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Inkpen Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2025
Consultation expiry
14 November 2025
Consultation end
31 October 2025
Last date for comments
8 January 2026
Target decision date
4 December 2025
Permission expires
8 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Simple Plans
Agent address
1 Clay Road Berry Hill Coleford GL16 7GB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 October 2025
Site notice end
14 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • SSSI: Inkpen Common SSSIPart 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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