2 Church Farm Barns Aldworth Road Compton Newbury RG20 6RD Data via plota.co.uk

26/01523/FUL - Full Application (8 Weeks) Refused

Proposal

The proposal seeks to construct a single-storey detached wooden garage building in a barn-style form with a concrete base and leveled setting in front to accommodate domestic vehicle storage and electric vehicle charging. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 16 Sept 2026, 12:02

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Application progress

✓

Received

10 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

23 Jul 2026

✓

Consultation

20 Aug 2026

✗

Refused

16 Sept 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 16 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 16 Sept 2026

Documents 16

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Community Infrastructure Levy · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 5

PDF Tree Team Consultee Comment · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Compton Parish Council Consultee Comment · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF HT SuDS Consultee Comment · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Principal Archaeologist Consultee Comment · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Highways West Berkshire Council Consultee Comment · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Barn 70 Metres North of East End of Church Farm House

List entry 1319590 · The pin is inside its outline · 5 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 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.

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4 mBarn and Cart Shed 60 Metres North East of Church Farm HouseGrade II
85 mChurch Farm HouseGrade II
107 mUnnamed
124 mChurch of St Mary and St NicholasGrade II*
144 mTomb 2 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary and St NicholasGrade II

Historic England ↗

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). 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 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.

Scheduled monument 107 m away: Deserted medieval settlement (W of Compton church)

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting 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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £497,000 in October 2009. Terraced house, freehold.

5 October 2009£497,000New build

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: West Berkshire
Application type: Full Application (8 Weeks)
Postcode: RG20 6RD
Received: 10 Jul 2026
Validated: 23 Jul 2026
Ward: Ridgeway
Parish: Compton Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Sept 2026
Decision: Refusal
Decision date: 16 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Paradigm Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 9% of extensions here are.

This one55d

Council56d

UK55d

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

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 16 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 11 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 20 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 17 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

Speranza Downs Road Compton Newbury RG20 6RE

Construction of a 3-bay, timber framed detached garage

25/01945/HOUSE 26 Aug 2025

2024 Approved

Hillfoot Farm Aldworth Road Compton Newbury RG20 6RD

Single storey rear extension, Side Porch and Detached Home Office

24/01167/HOUSE 11 Sep 2024

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

2 Church Farm Barns Aldworth Road Compton Newbury RG20 6RD Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 16

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 4

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 5

Other documents 2

Site constraints 5

Sales history 1

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