The Old Dairy Site Manor House Church Street Hampstead Norreys Thatcham

26/00596/AGRICAgricultural DevelopmentApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: New building - Steel portal frame straw barn.

Received: 12 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: West Berkshire Council
Ward: Ridgeway

ReceivedReceived12 Mar
ValidatedValidated16 Mar
Consult.Consultation14 Apr
TargetTarget Date6 Apr
DecidedDecided1 Apr

Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at The Old Dairy Site Manor House Church Street Hampstead Norreys Thatcham. West Berkshire has handled 62 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Ridgeway.

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

Application type: Agricultural Development
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hampstead Norreys Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 14 April 2026
Consultation end: 14 April 2026
Target decision date: 6 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Documents: 8
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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.

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Source: West Berkshire

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