Land Adjacent To Roselea Goring Lane Grazeley Green Reading Data via plota.co.uk

26/00425/FUL - Full Application (8 Weeks) Refused

Proposal

Proposed 1no. new build, works to include new dropped kerb to provide access to the site. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
20 Feb 2026
✓
Validated
10 Mar 2026
✓
Consultation
9 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
11 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 11 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 22

Application forms 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Community Infrastructure Levy · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Application Form Application Form · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Full Application (8 Weeks)
Received
20 Feb 2026
Validated
10 Mar 2026
Ward
Burghfield & Mortimer
Parish
Wokefield Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 May 2026
Decision
Refusal
Decision date
11 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Design Spec Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 62 days from validation, 6 days slower than West Berkshire's median of 56 for extensions. Refused, as 9% of extensions here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
549decided 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
30 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
9 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
5 May 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