Purley Hall Lodge Sulham Lane Sulham Reading RG8 8DX Data via plota.co.uk

26/01199/HOUSE - Householder Application Approved

Proposal

Proposed single storey extension to a domestic property Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Jun 2026
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Validated
8 Jun 2026
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Consultation
16 Jun 2026
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Approved
15 Sept 2026

Approved on 15 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 16 Sept 2026

Documents 50

Plans & drawings 27

PDF PHL1105A Prop.South Elevation Plans, Drawings · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PHL1106A Prop.East Elevation Plans, Drawings · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PHL1107A Prop.North Elevation Plans, Drawings · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PHL1108A Prop.West Elevation Plans, Drawings · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PHL1109B Prop.Elevations Plans, Drawings · 24 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Location Plan Plans, Drawings · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Location Plan Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Context Plan Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Context Plan Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Window Analysis Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Elevations Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed West Elevation Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed North Elevation Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed East Elevation Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed South Elevation Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing South Elevation Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing East Elevation Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing North Elevation Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing West Elevation Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan 1:100 Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan 1:50 Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Ground Floor Plan Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Block Plan Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Block Plan Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Site Plan Plans, Drawings · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Community Infrastructure Levy · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Application Form Application Form · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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.
Registered park or garden: Purley Hall
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
SSSI 23 m away: Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
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
Flood defence 29 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Priority habitat 14 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £665,000 in October 2025. Detached house, freehold.

17 October 2025£665,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area76 m² (818 sq ft)
Energy ratingG (1 out of 100), could reach D
PropertyDetached bungalow, 4 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, LPG
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2025, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Householder Application
Postcode
RG8 8DX
Received
3 Jun 2026
Validated
8 Jun 2026
Ward
Pangbourne
Parish
Sulham Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
15 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 99 days from validation, 43 days slower than West Berkshire's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 91% of extensions here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
549decided 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.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 16 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
14 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
16 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
3 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.