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16 Somerset Walk Tilehurst Reading RG31 5NG

Refused West Berkshire 25/02714/CERTP Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)

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
Refused As published: 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.

  • 26/01039/FUL Granted

    16 Somerset Walk Tilehurst Reading RG31 5NG

    Would like to create hard landscape parking.

    Decided 2 Jul 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Nov 2025

    Received by West Berkshire

  2. 27 Nov 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 26 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: Refusal

  4. 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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What this refusal means

West Berkshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

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