Pincents Kiln Industrial Park Pincents Kiln Calcot Reading RG31 7SD Data via plota.co.uk

26/01541/COND - Discharge/Compliance of Condition(s) Approved
Change of useCommercial & major worksUtility infrastructure

Proposal

Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 15 'External lighting' of planning permission : Change of use from a telecommunications switch centre to Use Class B2 / B8, associated external alterations to the building, addition of car park to the south and erection of a mounted AC unit on the south elevation, and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Jul 2026
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Approved
3 Sept 2026

Approved on 3 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Click Here Delegated Report · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Approved Decision Notice · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Ecology Team Consultee Comment · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data Application Form · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Covering letter Supporting Document · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF External Lighting Report Supporting Document · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 7

Site constraints 5

SSSI 29 m away: Pincents Kiln SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape 57 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
Inside the Reading built-up area; 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
Discharge/Compliance of Condition(s)
Postcode
RG31 7SD
Received
14 Jul 2026
Validated
14 Jul 2026
Ward
Tilehurst Birch Copse
Parish
Tilehurst Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Sept 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
3 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
Newmark

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 18 days faster than West Berkshire's median of 69 for changes of use. Approved, as 90% of changes of use here are.

41%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
59decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 4 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
5 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Change of use from a telecommunications switch centre to Use Class B2 / B8, associated ex…
25/01718/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Unit 1 Pincents Kiln Industrial Park Pincents Kiln Calcot Reading RG31 7SD
Replacement of existing external condenser units, installation of new VRV unit and other…
24/02756/FUL
2018 Approved
Newsham Court Pincents Kiln Calcot Reading Berkshire RG31 7SD
2 No post mounted totem signs.
18/02260/ADV
2018 Approved
Electricity Sub Station Pincents Kiln Industrial Park Pincents Kiln Calcot Reading Berkshire
Erection of substation and associated works
18/00310/CERTE
2017 Approved
Unit 3B Pincents Kiln Industrial Park Pincents Kiln Calcot Reading Berkshire RG31 7SD
S73 variation of condition 3 approved drawings, revise elevations of approved application…
17/02717/FUL
2017 Approved
Unit 3B Pincents Kiln Industrial Park Pincents Kiln Calcot Reading Berkshire RG31 7SD
Approval of details reserved by Conditions 4 - Site levels/Sections of planning reference…
17/01891/COND1
2017 Approved
Unit 3B Pincents Kiln Industrial Park Pincents Kiln Calcot Reading Berkshire RG31 7SD
Internal alterations, external plant compound and change of use from B1 to B1/D1 mixed use
17/00175/FUL
2016 Approved
Unit 3B Pincents Kiln Industrial Park Pincents Kiln Calcot Reading Berkshire RG31 7SD
Internal alterations, external plant compound
16/02955/FUL
West Berkshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#202 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings