Regents Gate, 25-41 Crown Street, Reading, RG1 2PQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of 3rd Floor from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 2 x 2-bed flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 29 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 29 Oct 2026
Documents 15
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 5
Application forms 1
Site constraints 5
Checked on 2 November 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
- Prior approval Part 3 Class MA
- Postcode
- RG1 2PQ
- Received
- 4 Sept 2026
- Validated
- 4 Sept 2026
- Ward
- Katesgrove Ward
- Target decision
- 30 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Decision date
- 29 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Danks Badnell Architects Ltd.
How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, 10 days faster than Reading's median of 65 for changes of use. Approved, as 68% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Reading in the last twelve months, from validation. Reading decision record →
Public comments
Last counted 29 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 2 Oct 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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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