Berkshire College of Agriculture Burchetts Green Road Burchetts Green Maidenhead SL6 6QR Data via plota.co.uk

26/01229/CLAJ14 - Class J14 - Prior Approval Refused

Proposal

Prior approval for the proposed installation of solar PV panels to the roof of the Teaching Building, Learning Centre, Skills Centre, Sports Centre and Zoo. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
14 May 2026
✓
Validated
20 May 2026
✗
Refused
2 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 2 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

Grade I listed: Hall Place
List entry 1319394 · 3 m away · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show the other 3 with distances
Historic England ↗
Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Registered park or garden: Hall Place
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Wood pasture and parkland
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; Inside the Burchett's Green built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
Class J14 - Prior Approval
Postcode
SL6 6QR
Received
14 May 2026
Validated
20 May 2026
Ward
Hurley And Walthams
Parish
Hurley Parish
Case officer
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Target decision
14 Jul 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
2 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, about the council's usual 41 days. Refused, as 34% of prior approvals here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
66%approved
97decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Windsor and Maidenhead in the last twelve months, from validation. Windsor and Maidenhead decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14904751
Planning Portal ref
PP-14904751
Statutory expiry
14 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Windsor and Maidenhead
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#135 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Windsor and Maidenhead is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #82 out of 296. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Windsor and Maidenhead is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 74% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 74% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Windsor and Maidenhead decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
72%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #293 of 296
74%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #294 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #82 of 296
28%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #47 of 296
44%
Minor dwellings approved
156 decided (1-9 homes)
96%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
64%
Change of use approved
25 decided
1,530
Total decisions
434 refused in the year to March 2026