Englefield Village Hall The Street Englefield Reading RG7 5ES

1. 26 Aug 2025

   Received by West Berkshire

2. 8 Sep 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 3 November 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   West Berkshire took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with West Berkshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Berkshire decided prior approval applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

• The Workshop Englefield Estate Yard The Street Englefield Reading RG7 5ES

  23/01956/COND Submitted 22 Aug 2023 346m away

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 20 (Spoil) of approved 20/01425/COMIND - Change of use of buildings (including Grade II listed sawmill) to employment uses (Use Classes B1(a), B1(c) and B2); together with addition of mezzanine floors; demolition of existing Timber Treatment Shed and Open Barn; and erection of new maintenance building (Use Class B2) together with car parking and landscaping

  Granted Conditions Demolition 9 docs
  Small domestic

• Elmfields The Street Englefield Reading RG7 5ES

  26/01041/TPC Submitted 14 May 2026 401m away

  T2 - Douglas Fir: Fell to ground level

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• 26/00922/PACOU Decided

  Two Acre Dairy Manor Farm Chaddleworth Newbury

  Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use of agricultural building to a flexible commercial use (namely Use Class B8 - storage or distribution)

  28 Apr 2026 Prior approval
• 26/00550/PASOL Decided

  Veolia Environmental Services Padworth IWMF Padworth Lane Lower Padworth Reading RG7 4JF

  REG 3 - Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: West Berkshire Council ("the Council") intends to install rooftop solar energy generation panels on selected buildings within the footprint of the Council's Padworth Integrated Waste Management Facility. The facility is currently run by Veolia Environment Services as part of a 25-year waste PFI contract, which commenced in 2008. The installation works will be completed by a suitably qualified and experienced contractor appointed following a competitive tender process. The rooftop installations are expected to generate c. 900kWp of renewable energy.

  6 Mar 2026 Prior approval
• 26/00293/PACOU Refused

  The Bolt Hole Hollybush Lane Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3JS

  Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Conversion of existing agricultural barn into single residential dwelling

  9 Feb 2026 Prior approval
• 26/00634/PACOU Decided

  Manor Farm Buildings Burnt Hill Road Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LS

  Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use of two existing agricultural buildings to flexible commercial use (Use Class B8 - storage and distribution, and Use Class E(g)(iii) - light industrial) under Class R of the GPDO. No external alterations are proposed.

  18 Mar 2026 Prior approval
• 26/00531/PACOU Granted

  Measurement House Newbury Business Park London Road Newbury RG14 2PZ

  Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use of Class E space to form 35 apartments.

  5 Mar 2026 Prior approval