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26/00165/TELE28 - Telecommunication Development (28 days) Decided

Proposal

Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights (Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)). The proposal consists of the installation of electronic communications apparatus/development ancillary to radio equipment near Burghfield Mill, High Street, Theale, Reading, RG7 5AG Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 1 Aug 2026, 06:32

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Application progress

✓

Received

26 Jan 2026

✓

Response Issued

27 Jan 2026

Response Issued on 27 Jan 2026 · Last checked 26 Jul 2026

Documents 9

Plans & drawings 7

PDF All Plans Plans, Drawings · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Location Maps Plans, Drawings · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Plan Plans, Drawings · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevation Plans, Drawings · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Elevation Plans, Drawings · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Plan Plans, Drawings · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Block Plans Plans, Drawings · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 7

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Reading). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

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.

Survey report ↗

National infrastructure project 24 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway

The site is 24 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats -NEX

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

National landscape 60 m away: North Wessex Downs

Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI 343 m away: Pincents Kiln SSSI; Priority habitat 8 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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

Council: West Berkshire
Application type: Telecommunication Development (28 days)
Received: 26 Jan 2026
Validated: 26 Jan 2026
Ward: Theale
Parish: Theale Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 22 Feb 2026
Decision: Response Issued
Decision date: 27 Jan 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Clarke Telecom

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 22 Feb 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