Old Barn Aldworth Reading RG8 9SA
Approved on 6 January 2026
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Proposed outbuilding, to house swimming pool.
- Received
- 18 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Basildon
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated18 Nov
- Consult.Consultation11 Dec
- TargetTarget Date13 Jan
- DecidedDecided6 Jan
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Old Barn Aldworth Reading RG8 9SA. West Berkshire has handled 1,523 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days 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 54 applications across Basildon. We hold 1,683 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 9SA
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Aldworth Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 11 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 16 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 13 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 6 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Bastion
- Agent address
- Landmark House Station Road Hook RG27 9HA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 25 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 16 December 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Scheduled monument: Grim's Ditch: section 1 mile long E from Southfield Shaw to Streatley parish boundaryPart of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
- 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, 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.
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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