Soane Point, 3-10 Market Place, Reading, RG1 2EG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application under section 73 for variation of planning conditions attached to planning permission ref: (External works to existing building, including partial replacement of the existing facades fronting Market Place and Abbey Square alongside other external works to the building, set back single-storey extension above part of block fronting Market Place, part two part three storey extensions above other blocks, and conversion and alterations to ground floor reception and car parking area, together the works will deliver 38 new homes and (internal and external) residential amenity areas with associated car parking) for changes to the basement and ground floor layouts, building elevations and phasing Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 26 Jan 2027.
Documents 48
Statements & assessments 4
Plans & drawings 26
Other documents 18
Associated applications 2
Part of
- VariationApplication under section 73 for variation of planning conditionsThis applicationPL/26/1403
Site constraints 8
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- 13 m13-16 Market PlaceGrade II
- 44 mThe Simeon MonumentGrade II*
- 48 m27 and 28, Market PlaceGrade II
- 49 mThe Coopers Public HouseGrade II
- 49 m1 and 2 Market PlaceGrade II
- 51 m32, Market PlaceGrade II
- 56 m33-34 Market PlaceGrade II
- 57 m23-26 Market PlaceGrade II
- 57 mCorn Exchange Arcade EntranceGrade II
- 65 mSt Laurence's Church and Churchyard Twelve Tombs in St Laurence's ChurchyardGrade II
- 65 m52 Market Place, 10 High StreetGrade II
- 66 mChurch of St LaurenceGrade I
- 66 m8 High StreetGrade II
- 68 mDrinking fountain on the south side of St Laurence’s Church tower, facing south towards Market PlaceGrade II
- 68 m50 and 51 Market PlaceGrade II
- 72 m7 High StreetGrade II
- 74 m48 and 49 Market PlaceGrade II
- 86 m3-5 King StreetGrade II
- 95 mTracery Fragments in the Churchyard of the Church of St LaurenceGrade II
- 95 mListed buildings 1321989
- 109 m2, 3 and 3a Broad StreetGrade II
- 110 mListed buildings 1113500
- 117 mQueen Victoria Jubilee StatueGrade II
- 119 mWall and gate piers of the Church of St Laurence’s graveyardGrade II
- 120 mShire HallGrade II
- 121 m17 and 18 King StreetGrade II
- 123 mMunicipal BuildingsGrade II
- 129 mListed buildings 1113403
- 132 mListed buildings 1113401
- 134 mReading Town HallGrade II*
- 140 mAssize CourtsGrade II
- 145 mThe George HotelGrade II
Checked on 1 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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Last counted 5 Nov 2026
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- 18 Nov 2026
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Soane Point 6-8 Market Place Reading RG1 2EG
External works to existing building, including partial replacement of the existing facades fronting Market Place and Abbey Square alongside other external works to the building, set back single-storey extensionabove part of block fronting Market Place, part two part three storey extensions above other blocks, and conversion and alterations to ground floor reception and car parking area, together the works will deliver 38 new homes and (internal and external) residential amenity areas with associated car parking.
- Received
- 26 Sep 2022
- Decided
- 3 Aug 2023
- Outcome
- Approved
- Homes
- 38
Comments are open until 18 Nov 2026