Planning application
Post Box Bath Road Midgham Reading
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Notification of proposal to empty and seal post box in preparation for its removal, due to the difficulty of access.
As published by the council, reference 25/02045/PDNOT
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02045/PDNOT
- Type
- Permitted Development Notification
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 4 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 8 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Bucklebury
- Parish
- Midgham Parish Council
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Sep 2025
Received by West Berkshire
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8 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
1 document on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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.
About prior approval applications
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.
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