Heatherdene Bucklebury Reading RG7 6RY Data via plota.co.uk

26/00115/FUL - Full Application (8 Weeks) Approved

Proposal

Replacement of an existing stable building and separate haybarn with an American-style barn, and associated groundwork for the base. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 09:17

Application progress

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Received

20 Jan 2026

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Validated

3 Feb 2026

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Consultation

19 Feb 2026

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Approved

1 Jul 2026

Approved on 1 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Documents 34

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Approved Decision Notice · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Click Here Delegated Report · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 18

Associated applications 2

FullApproved1 Jul 202626/00115/FULThis application
Replacement of an existing stable building and separate haybarn with an American-style barn, and associated groundwork…
- ConditionsApproval of details reserved by Conditions (4) BNG, (5) GCN and (6) Drainage - Replacement…15 Jul 202626/01549/COND

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Heatherdene

List entry 1212781 · 2 m from the pin · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 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.

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50 mGreen's Old FarmhouseGrade II

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 1

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: Wood pasture and parkland

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat 24 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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: Full Application (8 Weeks)
Postcode: RG7 6RY
Received: 20 Jan 2026
Validated: 3 Feb 2026
Ward: Bucklebury
Parish: Bucklebury Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Mar 2026
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 1 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Equestrian Blueprint

How this decision compares

Decided in 148 days from validation, 92 days slower than West Berkshire's median of 56 for demolitions. Approved, as 91% of demolitions here are.

This one148d

Council56d

UK55d

58%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

78decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 9 Jun 2026
Site or press notice: 19 Feb 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Approved

Construction of an all weather riding arena and change of use from agricultural to equest…

20/02913/FUL 9 Feb 2021

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