Church Of St Denys Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LS Data via plota.co.uk

26/00222/ADV - Advert Application Approved

Proposal

A notice board, naming the church, giving the time of the Sunday Service and office details. It is free standing on two posts in the churchyard made of powder coated aluminium , painted grey with white lettering. It measures 960 mm in height, 780mm wide and 15mm depth. The maximum height of any individual lettering is 6mm. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
2 Feb 2026
Validated
19 Feb 2026
Consultation
16 Mar 2026
Approved
9 Apr 2026

Approved on 9 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

Grade I listed: Church of St. Denys
List entry 1213251 · 0 m from the pin · 8 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 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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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.
Stanford Dingley 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.
Public footpath 25 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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 Stanford Dingley built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 2, 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 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

Application type
Advert Application
Postcode
RG7 6LS
Received
2 Feb 2026
Validated
19 Feb 2026
Ward
Bucklebury
Parish
Stanford Dingley Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Apr 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
9 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 6 days faster than West Berkshire's median of 55 for advertisement consent. Approved, as 100% of advertisement consent here are.

54%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
13decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
19 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
16 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Berkshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#202 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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