Land at East Ilsley Compton Road East Ilsley Newbury Data via plota.co.uk

26/01377/CERTP - Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) Approved

Proposal

Alleviate groundwater flooding through the creation of a winterbourne (seasonal stream) channel and landscapes improvements. Creating a defined channel with natural pool and riffle sequences, secondary channels, installation of large woody debris, regrading and creation of scrapes to increase storage capacity. Accessibility improvements to a byway open to all traffic (BOAT) crossing the site at 450002, 180831 will be included as part of the works through a small raising of the BOAT using permeable materials. An information board will be installed on the BOAT. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 30 Sept 2026, 08:12

Application progress

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Received

24 Jun 2026

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Validated

3 Jul 2026

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Approved

29 Sept 2026

Approved on 29 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 19

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Approved Decision Notice · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Click Here Delegated Report · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 16

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

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.

East Ilsley 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.

18 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Poplar Cottage and Annexe, Grade II, about 24 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 17 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.

Show all 18 with distances

24 mPoplar Cottage and AnnexeGrade II
64 mThe Swan HotelGrade II
79 mThe RectoryGrade II
81 mPost Office StoresGrade II
81 mEast Ilsley HallGrade II
85 mThe Old Post OfficeGrade II
94 mRailings and Wall South of East Ilsley HallGrade II
95 mMilestone 6 Metres South of Post Office StoresGrade II
105 mK6 Telephone Kiosk at Junction With Church Hill, Broad StreetGrade II
107 mLower Farm HouseGrade II
112 mRailings, Gate and Wall Approximately 3 Metres North of Montpelier HouseGrade II
115 mRailings, Gate and Garden Wall North of Kennet HouseGrade II
116 mMontpelier HouseGrade II
118 mKennet HouseGrade II*
129 mCorace HouseGrade II
135 mFilbert HouseGrade II
138 mStable Block to West of Kennet HouseGrade II
148 mThe Manor HouseGrade II

Historic England ↗

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

Inside the East Ilsley built-up area; Open access land about 29 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.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 19 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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)
Received: 24 Jun 2026
Validated: 3 Jul 2026
Ward: Ridgeway
Parish: East Ilsley Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Sept 2026
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 29 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Five Rivers Environmental Contracting

How this decision compares

Decided in 88 days from validation, 32 days slower than West Berkshire's median of 56 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 100% of signs and adverts here are.

This one88d

Council56d

UK55d

59%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

27decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by West Berkshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Berkshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 30 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 29 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 28 Aug 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