8-10 Station Road, 15 Friar Street and Units 1-26 Harris Arcade, Reading, RG1 1DB Data via plota.co.uk

PL/25/1179 - Listed building consent (Alt/Ext) Approved

Proposal

Internal refurbishment works comprising stripping and sanding of existing painted surfaces and associated re-painting. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Aug 2025
✓
Approved
15 Oct 2025

Approved on 15 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 7

26 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 11, Friar Street, Grade II, about 0 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 19 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.
Show all 26 with distances
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 122 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 ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area about 37 m away: Market Place and London Street; Radon affected area, class 2; Registered park or garden about 200 m away: The Forbury Garden; Inside the Reading built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 16 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
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Postcode
RG1 1DB
Received
21 Aug 2025
Validated
21 Aug 2025
Ward
Abbey Ward
Target decision
16 Oct 2025
Decision
Approve
Decision date
15 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 14 days faster than Reading's median of 69 for listed building works. Approved, as 92% of listed building works here are.

43%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
77decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Reading in the last twelve months, from validation. Reading decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 16 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
19 Sept 2025
Reading
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#258 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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