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Ashlea Ashampstead Reading RG8 8RT

25/02713/CERTPCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 January 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Garage conversion with associated works, removal of garage door, brick to match existing and replacement window to be installed, new side access door to new boot room

Received
25 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Basildon
Agent
Home Architecture (UK) Ltd
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at Ashlea Ashampstead Reading RG8 8RT. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Basildon. We hold 1,682 applications in total for the RG8 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
RG8 8RT
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ashampstead Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2025
Consultation expiry
17 December 2025
Consultation end
17 December 2025
Last date for comments
17 December 2025
Target decision date
20 January 2026
Permission expires
7 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Home Architecture (UK) Ltd
Architect profile
HOME ARCHITECTURE (UK) LTD
Agent address
1 Crown House Pound Street Newbury RG14 6AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
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.

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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