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12 -16 Chapel Street Thatcham West Berkshire RG18 4QL

26/00066/FULMAJFull Major Application (13 Weeks)Awaiting decision
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Proposal

Partial demolition of existing dwellings (14 & 16 Chapel Street) and construction of 9No. one bedroom apartments and 2No. two bedroom houses, including parking and stores. Section 73a Variation of conditions (2) Approved Plans, (6) Hard Landscaping, (7) Soft Landscaping, (8) Tree Protection, (10) SuDS and (11) Units 3-11 Balcony Screens of application 21/01698/FULMAJ (allowed on appeal APP/W0340/W/23/3321739).

Received
8 January 2026
Decision due
16 April 2026
Public comments
7
Ward
Thatcham North East
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 6 February.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (28)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 12 -16 Chapel Street Thatcham West Berkshire RG18 4QL. West Berkshire has handled 1,524 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 8 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
RG18 4QL
Application type
Full Major Application (13 Weeks)
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Thatcham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
24 March 2026
Consultation end
6 February 2026
Last date for comments
12 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 March 2026
Site notice end
24 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
28
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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