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26/00738/CERTP

22 Hawkesbury Drive Calcot Reading RG31 7ZP

Refused West Berkshire Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)

Proposal

We will brick in our current sliding patio doors and replace it with an exterior rated single swing door. Against that single swing door, we plan to build a small extension (mud room) onto the back of our property with dimensions of 2m by 2.4m. It will have a pitched roof, a window, a skylight and a single swing door. It will be single skin and will match the current style of the property. We will also remove one interior wall to open our kitchen into a kitchen-diner.

As published by the council, reference 26/00738/CERTP

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Apr 2026

    Received by West Berkshire

  2. 5 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 3 Jun 2026

    Decision issued: Refusal

  4. 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 lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

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