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26/01003/CERTP - Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) Approved

Proposal

Loft conversion to form habitable rooms including skylights to pitched roof, maximum 150mm projection. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
8 May 2026
Validated
12 May 2026
Approved
19 May 2026

Approved on 19 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Theale (West Berkshire) built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Postcode
RG7 5FH
Received
8 May 2026
Validated
12 May 2026
Ward
Theale
Parish
Theale Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Jul 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
19 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Woolhampton Design Centre

How this decision compares

Decided in 7 days from validation, 49 days faster than West Berkshire's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
379decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by West Berkshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Berkshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
2 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Berkshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#202 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

West Berkshire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #199 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Berkshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #122 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #142 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #199 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #203 of 296
55%
Minor dwellings approved
65 decided (1-9 homes)
96%
Major dwellings approved
25 decided (10+ homes)
77%
Change of use approved
57 decided
1,045
Total decisions
108 refused in the year to March 2026