Copyhold Farm Southend Road Bradfield Southend Reading RG7 6HB
Approved on 4 February 2026
Council decision: Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed agricultural steel portal frame building of approx. 22.86m x 18.28m. Currently clad in grey corrugated roof and open sided.
- Received
- 16 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Bradfield
- ReceivedReceived16 Jan
- ValidatedValidated16 Jan
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date6 Feb
- DecidedDecided4 Feb
Decided in 19 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Copyhold Farm Southend Road Bradfield Southend Reading RG7 6HB. West Berkshire has handled 62 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 5 weeks 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 29 applications across Bradfield. We hold 1,947 applications in total for the RG7 postcode area.
91% of all 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
- RG7 6HB
- Application type
- Agricultural Development
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bradfield Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 10 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 10 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 4 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ceres Property
- Agent address
- The Flour Barn Frilsham Home Farm Yattendon RG18 0XT United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Site constraints
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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