Pyt House Ashampstead Reading RG8 8RA Data via plota.co.uk

26/01144/FULMAJ - Full Major Application (13 Weeks) Awaiting decision

Proposal

Single-storey extension to create kitchen / dining space with associated internal and external alterations; internal re-configuration including removal of walls, floors and ceiling to reinstate historic form; insertion of new walls; blocking up of existing and creation of new openings; insertion of PV panels on roof; removal of garden walls (resubmission of & ). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 21:16

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Application progress

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Received

27 May 2026

✓

Consultation

3 Jul 2026

Decision

Target date was 26 Aug 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 24 Jul 2026; it is now day 155.

The consultation period closed on 24 Jul 2026.

Documents 27

Statements & assessments 4

PDF Topographical Survey Plans, Drawings · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Heritage Statement Supporting Document · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Sustainability Statement Supporting Document · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Design & Access Statement Supporting Document · 27 May 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Application Form · 27 May 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Community Infrastructure Levy · 27 May 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 11

Associated applications 4

FullPending27 May 202626/01144/FULMAJThis application
Single-storey extension to create kitchen / dining space with associated internal and external alterations; internal…
FullApproved29 Jun 2023council archive
Listed buildingApproved29 Jun 2023council archive
Listed buildingPending27 May 202626/01145/LBC
Single-storey extension to create kitchen / dining space with associated internal and external alterations; internal…

Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: Pyt House

List entry 1212213 · The pin is inside its outline

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.

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) agrees.

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 2

Last sold for £5,000,000 in August 2018. Other property, freehold.

More than one property is recorded at this address: HM Land Registry does not always give the flat or unit.

17 August 2018£5,000,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

1 November 1995£950,000Detached house

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 Major Application (13 Weeks)
Postcode: RG8 8RA
Received: 27 May 2026
Validated: 27 May 2026
Ward: Basildon
Parish: Ashampstead Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 26 Aug 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Fowler Architecture & Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 155, past the statutory target. 86% of extensions in West Berkshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 27 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 15599 days past 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

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 24 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 3 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 26 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved

Single-storey extension to create kitchen / dining space with associated internal and ext…

23/00512/LBC 29 Jun 2023

2023 Approved

Single-storey extension to create kitchen / dining space with associated internal and ext…

23/00511/HOUSE 29 Jun 2023

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved

Barn at Pyt House Ashampstead Reading Berkshire

Construction of dormer window, pursuant to and consistent with Planning Permission No. 15…

19/01932/CERTE 28 Aug 2019

2019 Approved

Pyt House Ashampstead Reading Berkshire RG8 8RA

Approval of details reserved by conditions 3-materials 4-method statement 5-external serv…

19/00537/COND1 17 May 2019

West Berkshire

Planning Authority Score

3.9/10

Below average

#202 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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