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PL/25/1054 - Approval of details reserved by a condition Approved

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Received
24 Jul 2025
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Approved
10 Sept 2025
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Appeal dismissed
9 Apr 2026

Approved on 10 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Conditions Discharged Decision Letter - PL_25_1054 Decision Notice · 10 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF Reading Crown Court Reconfiguration - Planning Condition 3.pdf PDF · 24 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf PDF · 24 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF 256379-9573-NMA-RCC-XX-DR-A-3260-S2-P02-D0100.pdf PDF · 24 Jul 2025 View ↗

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Associated applications 3

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    Conditions 3 discharged

Site constraints 8

16 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Shire Hall, Grade II, about 17 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 12 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Air quality management area: Reading AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Scheduled monument about 42 m away: Reading Abbey: a Cluniac and Benedictine monastery and Civil War earthwork.
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Registered park or garden about 43 m away: The Forbury Garden
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Heritage at risk about 42 m away: Remains of Reading Abbey: a Cluniac and Benedictine monastery; Conservation area about 63 m away: Market Place and London Street; Inside the Reading built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 14 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Reading
Application type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Postcode
RG1 3EH
Received
24 Jul 2025
Validated
24 Jul 2025
Ward
Abbey Ward
Target decision
18 Sept 2025
Decision
Conditions discharged
Decision date
10 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Dismissed · 9 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3376726 ↗
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How this decision compares

Decided in 48 days from validation, 7 days faster than Reading's median of 55 for discharge of conditions. Approved, as 94% of discharge of conditions here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
158decided in the last year

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Last counted 14 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

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19 Aug 2025

Historical activity at this location

31 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
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PL/25/1209
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PL/25/1213
2025 Approved
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PL/25/1050
2024 Approved
To reconfigure the ground floor internal layout to introduce a new Crown Court and ancill…
PL/24/1462
2024 Approved
To reconfigure the ground floor internal layout to introduce a new Crown Court and ancill…
PL/24/1465
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Reading
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#258 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Reading is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #274 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

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Reading decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #226 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #163 of 296
37%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #274 of 296
52%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #236 of 296
67%
Minor dwellings approved
67 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
6 decided (10+ homes)
84%
Change of use approved
44 decided
643
Total decisions
103 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings