Winton House Ashampstead Reading RG8 8RG Data via plota.co.uk

26/01131/CERTP - Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) Awaiting decision
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use or Development: The proposal is to build a private outdoor swimming pool and small pool house adjacent to the house and behind the curtilage. This will be incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling. The pool will be no larger than 5m x 10m. The pool house will only house the plant equipment to service the pool and will be no larger than 2m x 3m. The proposal has been designed to meets Class E rights. There are no restrictions on Class E permitted development in prior planning applications on site. The threshold of 50% building coverage of the property will not be breached. This application is to confirm concurrence with interpretation of Class E rights. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 May 2026
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Validated
27 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 21 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 21 Sept 2026, from West Berkshire's recent extensions. The consultation period closed on 18 Aug 2026.

Documents 5

Plans & drawings 4

IMG Swimming Pool Details Plans, Drawings · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Pool house plans and elevations Plans, Drawings · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Location Plan Plans, Drawings · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Block Plan Plans, Drawings · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 26 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

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 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. 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.
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
Priority habitat 29 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 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.

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Important details

Council
West Berkshire
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Postcode
RG8 8RG
Received
26 May 2026
Validated
27 Jul 2026
Ward
Basildon
Parish
Ashampstead Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 49 of the 56-day target. West Berkshire usually decides extensions by day 56.

Day 497 days to the 56-day target
59%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
379decided 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.

Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
18 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Sept 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
Detached garage
23/00487/HOUSE
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
The Old Bakery Road Known As Aldworth Road Ashampstead Reading West Berkshire RG8 8RG
Three Bay Garage with First Floor Room above for home office and storage area
21/01174/HOUSE
2018 Approved
Drift House Ashampstead Reading Berkshire RG8 8RG
Installation of outdoor swimming pool to replace existing pool and erection of accompanyi…
18/02042/HOUSE
2017 Approved
Drift House Ashampstead Reading Berkshire RG8 8RG
Demolition of single storey outbuilding, erection of a two storey linking extension and a…
17/02504/HOUSE
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings