Eling Farm Eling Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9XR
Proposal
Proposed change of use under Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, of a portion of an agricultural building to Flexible Use, falling within Class B2 (General Industrial), B8 (Storage and Distribution) and E (Commercial, Business and Service) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order.
- Received
- 5 February 2026
- Decided
- 2 March 2026 · Not required
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Ridgeway
- ReceivedSubmitted5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation27 Feb
- TargetTarget Date2 Apr
- DecidedDecided2 Mar
Decided in 25 days
This is a planning application for a change of use at Eling Farm Eling Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9XR. West Berkshire has handled 5,268 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Berkshire's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Ridgeway. We hold 1,018 applications in total for the RG18 postcode area.
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Planning 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.
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