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3 The Strouds Beenham Reading RG7 5NW

26/01066/CERTPRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 21 July 2026

Council decision: Refusal1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development: Construction of a flat roof rear extension from the existing kitchen for dining area/utility area

Submitted
26 May 2026
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a rear extension at 3 The Strouds Beenham Reading RG7 5NW. West Berkshire has handled 5,448 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,947 applications in total for the RG7 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The development described in this notice does not fall within the national conditions and limitations of permitted development set out in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). In particular, the development exceeds the limits specified in A.1(f) of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A, and is unable to satisfy the requirements of A.1(g); there is no legal mechanism in an application for a Certificate of Lawfulness to satisfy the requirement under A.1(g) (through A.4) to consult with neighbours, and an application for Prior Approval of the proposed works has not been submitted. As such, the described development is not lawful for the purposes under section 192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and an application to determine if Prior Approval from the Local Planning Authority is necessary. Please quote the reference number 26/01066/CERTP in all communications. Bob Dray Interim Planning Service Lead Planning Service Development and Housing West Berkshire Council Council Offices, Market Street Newbury, RG14 5LD Email: planapps@westberks.gov.uk

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RG7 5NW

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2026

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.

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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