Mistletoe Cottage Upper Green Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9QX Data via plota.co.uk

26/02160/HOUSE - Householder Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Householder planning permission for a part single-storey, part two-storey rear extension to the main cottage, conversion and alterations to an existing ancillary outbuilding, and erection of a new single-storey car port adjacent to the existing outbuilding, with solar panels on the roof. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
5 Oct 2026
✓
Validated
12 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 7 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 7 Dec 2026, from West Berkshire's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 4 Nov 2026

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Documents 30

Plans & drawings 25

PDF Location Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Car Port Elevations Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ancillary Building Elevations Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations (1 of 2) Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations (2 of 2) Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Elevations (2 of 2) Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Elevations (1 of 2) Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing and Proposed Block Plans Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Site Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Roof Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed First Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Ground Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing First Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Roof Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Ancillary Building Ground Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Ancillary Building Roof Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Ancillary Building Elevations Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ancillary Building Roof Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ancillary Building Ground Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Car Port Ground Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Car Port Roof Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Sections Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Sections Plans, Drawings · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 3

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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.
Public restricted byway 15 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. 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
SSSI 283 m away: Inkpen Crocus Fields SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 15 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 14 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.

Building

Floor area206 m² (2,217 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (55 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 9 habitable rooms
Built1996 to 2002
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2021, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Householder Application
Postcode
RG17 9QX
Received
5 Oct 2026
Validated
12 Oct 2026
Ward
Hungerford & Kintbury
Parish
Inkpen Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Mark Humphreys Associates Limited

Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. West Berkshire usually decides extensions by day 56.

Day 1739 days to the 56-day target
56%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
549decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
4 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Dec 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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.