Lower Basildon View Reading Road Lower Basildon Reading RG8 9ND Data via plota.co.uk

26/01104/HOUSE - Householder Application Approved

Proposal

Provision of store, shower and WC facility extension to existing detached garage building. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:58

Application progress

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Received

22 May 2026

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Validated

26 May 2026

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Consultation

10 Jun 2026

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Approved

21 Jul 2026

Approved on 21 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Associated applications 3

HouseholderApproved21 Jul 202626/01104/HOUSEThis application
Provision of store, shower and WC facility extension to existing detached garage building.
Conditions 5 awaiting decision
- ConditionsApplication for approval of details reserved by condition 5 (Sustainability Statement)28 Jul 202626/01643/COND
- HouseholderProvision of store, shower and WC facility extension to existing detached garage building. S73…Withdrawn24 Jul 202626/01610/HOUSE

Site constraints 4

North Wessex Downs National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

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.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. 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

1 listed building within 150 m.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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

Council: West Berkshire
Application type: Householder Application
Postcode: RG8 9ND
Received: 22 May 2026
Validated: 26 May 2026
Ward: Basildon
Parish: Basildon Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Jul 2026
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 21 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: greg farrell building and design

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

This one56d

Council56d

UK54d

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: 7 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 10 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

4 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved

Garage building and boundary fence

23/01318/HOUSE 11 Aug 2023

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved

Grove Paddock Reading Road Lower Basildon Reading West Berkshire RG8 9ND

Part retrospective first floor extension to existing house with 3no. dormers and 1.5 stor…

22/00894/HOUSE 29 Jul 2022

2017 Refused

Land South Of River Thames and West Of Gatehampton Viaduct Reading Road Lower Basildon Reading Berkshire

Change of use for the annual temporary erection of four 98 sqm Safari Tents and one 16 sq…

17/03203/FUL 19 Dec 2018

2018 Approved

Grove House Reading Road Lower Basildon Reading Berkshire RG8 9ND

Division of existing private dwelling into two self contained flats. Construction of new…

18/01950/FUL 28 Sep 2018

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