Pigeon House Eastbury Hungerford RG17 7JQ Data via plota.co.uk

25/02929/HOUSE - Householder Application Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Internal and external alterations to existing barn. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Dec 2025
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Validated
7 Jan 2026
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Consultation
19 Jan 2026
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Approved
1 Apr 2026

Approved on 1 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 25

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Click Here Delegated Report · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Approved Decision Notice · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 5

PDF Ecology response Consultee Comment · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Roost Assessment Supporting Document · 21 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk Assessment Supporting Document · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Heritage Report and Impact Assessment Supporting Document · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Topographical Survey Plans, Drawings · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 6

PDF Existing Ground Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing First Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing Elevations Plans, Drawings · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations Plans, Drawings · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Floor Plans Plans, Drawings · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Location and Site Plans Plans, Drawings · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Application Form · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Community Infrastructure Levy · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 8

PDF Amended SUDS comment Consultee Comment · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Lambourn Parish Council Consultee Comment · 5 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF HT SuDS Consultee Comment · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Conservation and Design Officer Consultee Comment · 27 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Environment Agency Consultee Comment · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Environment Agency Consultee Comment · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Highways West Berkshire Council Consultee Comment · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Public Rights of Way Countryside Consultee Comment · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Dusk Emergence Surveys Supporting Document · 21 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Newbury Weekly News Planning Notice 15.01.2026 Newspaper, Press · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 12

Grade II* listed: Pigeon House
List entry 1136193 · The pin is inside its outline · 14 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 13 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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Historic England ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SAC
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
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.
Eastbury conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Special area of conservation 27 m away: River Lambourn
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI 27 m away: River Lambourn 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 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
Radon affected area, class 2; Flood defence 28 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Inside the Eastbury 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
Not green belt · 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

Council
West Berkshire
Application type
Householder Application
Postcode
RG17 7JQ
Received
22 Dec 2025
Validated
7 Jan 2026
Ward
Lambourn
Parish
Lambourn Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Apr 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
1 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Fowler Architecture & Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 84 days from validation, 28 days slower than West Berkshire's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 91% of extensions here are.

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.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
19 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Internal and external alterations to existing barn.
25/02930/LBC
2025 Approved
Partial demolition, and erection of rear extension to existing house. Internal and extern…
25/02537/LBC
2025 Approved
Partial demolition, and erection of rear extension to existing house. Internal and extern…
25/02536/HOUSE
Within ~100m

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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
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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

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