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Purley Hall Lodge Sulham Lane Sulham Reading RG8 8DX

25/02460/HOUSEHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed new waste water treatment plant and septic tank to service Purley Hall Lodge replacing and existing outdated system.

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Pangbourne
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Purley Hall Lodge Sulham Lane Sulham Reading RG8 8DX. West Berkshire has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Pangbourne. We hold 1,682 applications in total for the RG8 postcode area.

94% of full 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
RG8 8DX
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sulham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2025
Consultation expiry
10 February 2026
Consultation end
10 February 2026
Last date for comments
10 February 2026
Target decision date
9 January 2026
Permission expires
13 February 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 November 2025
Site notice end
11 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
18
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Registered park and garden: Purley HallPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
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 battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.

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
    8 Jun

    Proposed single storey extension to a domestic property

    PendingApplication26/01199/HOUSE

Source: West Berkshire

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