Planning application
16 Somerset Walk Tilehurst Reading RG31 5NG
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
There is currently slabs for parking and I wish to extend it to accommodate a larger vehicle. There will be no dropped kerb and land is within my ownership.
As published by the council, reference 25/02714/CERTP
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02714/CERTP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refusal
- Received
- 19 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 27 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 26 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Tilehurst Birch Copse
- Parish
- Tilehurst Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RG31 5NG
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Berkshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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26/01039/FUL Granted
16 Somerset Walk Tilehurst Reading RG31 5NG
Would like to create hard landscape parking.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Nov 2025
Received by West Berkshire
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27 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Refusal
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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