Birchwood Chapel Lane Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9RL Data via plota.co.uk

26/00158/CERTP - Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) Approved

Proposal

Proposed conversion of garage and associated alterations Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

26 Jan 2026

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Validated

28 Jan 2026

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Approved

25 Feb 2026

Approved on 25 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Site constraints 5

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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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

Also on the record

Inside the Hermitage built-up area; Priority habitat 25 m away: Deciduous woodland; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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: Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Postcode: RG18 9RL
Received: 26 Jan 2026
Validated: 28 Jan 2026
Ward: Chieveley & Cold Ash
Parish: Hermitage Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 25 Mar 2026
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 25 Feb 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Hungerford Design Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 28 days faster than West Berkshire's median of 56 for demolitions. Approved, as 91% of demolitions here are.

This one28d

Council56d

UK55d

58%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

78decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 18 Feb 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2020 Approved

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2017 Approved

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2016 Approved

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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