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Whitelands Park Primary School Sagecroft Road Thatcham RG18 3FH

25/02729/PASOLPrior Approval for Solar PVApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 January 2026

Council decision: Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed roof mounted solar panels

Received
25 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thatcham North East
Agent
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Nov
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Whitelands Park Primary School Sagecroft Road Thatcham RG18 3FH. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Thatcham North East. 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 3FH
Application type
Prior Approval for Solar PV
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thatcham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2025
Consultation expiry
2 January 2026
Consultation end
27 November 2025
Last date for comments
2 January 2026
Target decision date
21 January 2026
Permission expires
8 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Luke Strange Architecture Ltd
Agent address
20 Hollicondane Road Ramsgate CT11 7PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 December 2025
Site notice end
2 January 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, National Landscapes, 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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