Telecommunications Mast Long Lane Tilehurst Reading

25/02481/TELE28Telecommunication Development (28 days)Approved

Approved on 5 November 2025

Council decision: Response Issued

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights (Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)). The proposal consists of the placement of new duct from grid position 465553, 175205 to 465520, 175245. Works to take place at Denefield School, Reading, RG31 6XY.

Received: 23 October 2025
Council: West Berkshire Council
Ward: Tilehurst & Purley

ReceivedReceived23 Oct
ValidatedValidated30 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date26 Nov
DecidedDecided5 Nov

Decided in 6 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Telecommunications Mast Long Lane Tilehurst Reading. West Berkshire has handled 138 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 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 24 applications across Tilehurst & Purley.

100% of telecoms 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: Telecommunication Development (28 days)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Tilehurst Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 October 2025
Target decision date: 26 November 2025
Permission expires: 5 November 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Santhosh Murugeshan

Planning decision

Statutory period: 27 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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