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The Willows Newbury Road Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9TB

26/00143/CERTPCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of an air source heat pump.

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chieveley & Cold Ash
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at The Willows Newbury Road Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9TB. West Berkshire has handled 299 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9TB
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hermitage Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation end
26 February 2026
Last date for comments
26 February 2026
Target decision date
31 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr L Maggs Unit 8A Frilsham Home Farm Yattendon Thatcham RG18 0XT United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, 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, 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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