33A - 33B High Street Theale Reading RG7 5AH Data via plota.co.uk

25/02723/CERTP - Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) Refused

Proposal

No machinery inside. this will be used as storage purpose only. This outbuilding will be for main storage of an existing Takeaway. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
25 Nov 2025
✓
Validated
26 Nov 2025
✗
Refused
20 Jan 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 20 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: 33 and 35b, High Street
List entry 1215482 · The pin is inside its outline · 14 more listed buildings within 150 m (14 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.
Show the other 14 with distances
Historic England ↗
Theale High Street / Blossom Lane 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.
National infrastructure project 525 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway
The site is 525 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Theale (West Berkshire) built-up area; National landscape 476 m away: North Wessex Downs; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 9 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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

Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Postcode
RG7 5AH
Received
25 Nov 2025
Validated
26 Nov 2025
Ward
Theale
Parish
Theale Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
21 Jan 2026
Decision
Refusal
Decision date
20 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
SK design Consultant

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Refused, as 25% of lawful development certificates here are.

74%decided within 8 weeks
75%approved
175decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 9 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
18 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
21 Jan 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

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