Land To Rear Of 6-8 High Street Theale Reading Data via plota.co.uk

25/02855/FUL - Full Application (8 Weeks) Refused

Proposal

Proposed empty use of land into a car wash area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
11 Dec 2025
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Validated
12 Dec 2025
✓
Consultation
30 Dec 2025
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Refused
26 Mar 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 26 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 28

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Refused Decision Notice · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Click Here Delegated Report · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 6

PDF Ecology Team Consultee Comment · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Design and Access Statement Supporting Document · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Drainage Strategy Supporting Document · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood Rish Assessment Supporting Document · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Drainage Layout Plan Plans, Drawings · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Noise Assessment Supporting Document · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF Location Plan Plans, Drawings · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations Plans, Drawings · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Block Plan Plans, Drawings · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Inside Layout Plan Supporting Document · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 3

PDF Application form -supplementary information Application Form · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Application form Application Form · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF CIL form Supporting Document · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 11

PDF Thames Water Consultee Comment · 25 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Highways Officer Consultee Comment · 4 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Officer Consultee Comment · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Theale Parish Council Consultee Comment · 20 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Environmental Health Consultee Comment · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF HT SuDS Consultee Comment · 7 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Principal Archaeologist Consultee Comment · 6 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Highways West Berkshire Council Consultee Comment · 2 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Highways Officer Consultee Comment · 2 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Conservation and Design Officer Consultee Comment · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Responses to consultee comments Supporting Document · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Reading Chronicle Weekly News Planning Notice 08.01.2026 Newspaper, Press · 9 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Photos Photo · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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 632 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway
The site is 632 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 ↗
9 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Westfield House, Grade II, 29 m away · 9 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Theale (West Berkshire) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 6 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

Council
West Berkshire
Application type
Full Application (8 Weeks)
Received
11 Dec 2025
Validated
12 Dec 2025
Ward
Theale
Parish
Theale Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
25 Mar 2026
Decision
Refusal
Decision date
26 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
SK Design Consultant - Mr Shashikanth Hallibyl

How this decision compares

Decided in 104 days from validation, 26 days slower than West Berkshire's median of 78 for full applications. Refused, as 20% of full applications here are.

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

29comments received
13 objecting16 supporting

55% support · above the UK average of 16%

74 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
21 Jan 2026
Site or press notice
30 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
6 Feb 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings