Wateroak Midgham Green Midgham Reading RG7 5TT Data via plota.co.uk

26/01996/FUL - Full Application (8 Weeks) Awaiting decision

Proposal

Installation of 16 ground mounted solar panels and battery, with underground cabling to dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Sept 2026
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Validated
2 Oct 2026
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Consultation
15 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 27 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 10 Dec 2026 and 1 Jan 2027, from West Berkshire's recent full applications.

Comments are open until 5 Nov 2026

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Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: Wateroak
List entry 1155363 · The pin is inside its outline · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 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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Public footpath 10 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 3b
Not 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. A site survey can differ.
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
National landscape 206 m away: North Wessex Downs; Open access land 7 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Priority habitat 46 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 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 2

Last sold for £850,000 in August 2006. Detached house, freehold.

9 August 2006£850,000
21 August 2002£755,000

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

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Important details

Application type
Full Application (8 Weeks)
Postcode
RG7 5TT
Received
11 Sept 2026
Validated
2 Oct 2026
Ward
Bucklebury
Parish
Midgham Parish Council
Target decision
27 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Solar Frames South West

Decision outlook

Day 26 of the 56-day target. West Berkshire usually decides full applications by day 78.

Day 2652 days to the predicted decision (day 78)
32%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
221decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications 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 23 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
5 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
15 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
27 Nov 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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