Planning application
26/00293/PACOU
The Bolt Hole Hollybush Lane Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3JS
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Conversion of existing agricultural barn into single residential dwelling
As published by the council, reference 26/00293/PACOU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Feb 2026
Received by West Berkshire
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10 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 May 2026
Decision issued: Refusal
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About prior approval applications
How this application type works
Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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26/01507/TPW Awaiting decision
22 Barbour Drive Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3FQ
Oak Tree: Covers the garden and is causing grass to die due to the shade. Tree is a safety risk due to branches falling. Cut back the overhanging branches extending into the garden to reduce the amount of shading. Remove any deadwood and any unsafe parts of the tree, including large branches where appropriate.
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26/00699/PIP Refused
Land Off Oakley Drive Oakley Drive Burghfield Common Reading
Application for permission in principle for a phased application for upto 9 serviced plots for custom build housing
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25/02808/HOUSE Granted
10 Alder Glade Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3HW
Ground floor front extension to form porch.
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25/02422/TPW Granted
2 Alder Glade Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3HW
Oak (T1) - Remove. Historic works carried out and tree showing signs of major dieback within upper crown causing branch failure and damage to surrounding area. Also, signs of Honey Fungus on main trunkl. Owners request to remove tree as concerns on future issues.
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26/00958/TPW Granted
17 Bluebell Drive Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3EF
T1 - Oak: Crown raise to approximately 4m above ground level by removing the lowest limbs back to source in order to give clearance and access, and improve aesthetics and light. Reduce crown by removing approximately 1-2m of branch length back to appropriate growth points to maintain size (see photo), mostly shortening significantly extended limbs back in line with crown average. Prune lower limbs on South side of the crown to appropriate growth points to ensure 2-3m clearance to the neighbour's roof. We would also like to give notice of the removal of the extensive major deadwood
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25/02562/TELE28 Decided
Street Record 1 Kirkwood Crescent Burghfield Common Reading
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights (Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)). The proposal consists of the placement of a 9M Light Wooden Pole near 10 Kirkwood Crescent, Clayhill Road, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3LL.
Other prior approval applications
In West Berkshire
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26/01113/PACOU Withdrawn
19 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7LR
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed:Change of use of the existing Class E office/commercial building to provide 4 self-contained residential flats. Internal conversion works are proposed including internal partitions, kitchens, bathrooms and associated services.
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26/01240/PACOU Decided
125 High Street Hungerford RG17 0DL
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use of the second floor only from ancillary retail space (Class E) to form 1 apartment.
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26/01557/PASOL Awaiting decision
Premier Inn Pinchington Lane Newbury RG14 7HB
Installation of roof mounted solar photovoltaic system
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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)
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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.