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Pond Cottage Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8LU

26/00689/LBCApproved

Approved on 20 May 2026

Council decision: Approval7 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

This is an application for the removal of defective cement render and planted timber framing, repair of timber framed structure and re rendering the origioan cottage in Lime render and repairs to existing render of 1975 extension. Replacement of windows and doors within the 1975 extension and repar of window within the original cottage with additional secondary internal glazing.

Submitted
27 March 2026
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 54 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Pond Cottage Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8LU. West Berkshire has handled 5,448 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,682 applications in total for the RG8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RG8 8LU

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Pond CottageOn this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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