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3 Blake Road Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9WN

25/02699/CERTPCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 8 January 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Insertion of roof lights to convert attic space.

Received
21 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chieveley & Cold Ash
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.18 Dec
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 3 Blake Road Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9WN. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker 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 88 applications across Chieveley & Cold Ash. We hold 1,033 applications in total for the RG18 postcode area.

81% of outline 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
RG18 9WN
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hermitage Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2025
Consultation expiry
18 December 2025
Consultation end
18 December 2025
Last date for comments
18 December 2025
Target decision date
22 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bartholomew House London Road Newbury RG14 1JX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderPart 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, 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    27 Nov

    Single storey link to existing garage, conversion of garage to habitable room, utility room and storage.

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside25/02698/HOUSE
  2. 2025
    21 Nov

    Insertion of roof lights to convert attic space.

    This applicationRefusedOutline25/02699/CERTP

Source: West Berkshire

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