Street Record Crookham Common Road Crookham Common Thatcham

26/00802/ELEC8Consultation for consent under S73Awaiting decision

Discharge / amendments

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 to install or keep installed an electric line above ground. The scheme will warrant the replacement of Eight (8) electricity wood poles and associated stays supporting 11kV (11,000 volt) overhead lines on Greenham and Crookham Commons SSSI (Near Thatcham).

Received: 13 April 2026
Decision due: 8 June 2026
Public comments: 1
Council: West Berkshire Council
Ward: Thatcham Colthrop & Crookham

ReceivedReceived13 Apr
ValidatedValidated13 Apr
Consult.Consultation5 May
TargetTarget Date8 Jun
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Street Record Crookham Common Road Crookham Common Thatcham. West Berkshire has handled 214 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Thatcham Colthrop & Crookham.

88% of amendment 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: Consultation for consent under S73
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Thatcham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 April 2026
Consultation expiry: 5 May 2026
Consultation end: 5 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 4
Constraints: 14

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

SSSI: Greenham and Crookham Commons SSSI
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, National Landscapes, 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.

Source: West Berkshire

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