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Proposal
Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 5 (obscure glazing) and 29 (refuse and recycling facilities) of planning permission (granted on 05/09/2024 for change of use of upper floors of No’s 13-16 Market Place to 4 residential units and erection of 2-storey extension creating access from No’s 11-12 Market Place. Demolition of existing rear additions and erection of a 4/5-storey building to create 11 residential units accessed from the rear, with Class E use at basement and ground floor and various associated works) to incorporate changes including altered glazing and altered entrance arrangements at rear ground floor level, reconfigured cycle and waste access facilities, an enlarged basement floor level, enlargement of the 2-storey extension creating access from No’s 11-12 Market Place, changes to the proposed building line on the west elevation of the new build at 4th floor and roof level and various other associated alterations. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 11 Nov 2026.
Documents 15
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 8
Application forms 1
Other documents 5
Associated applications 2
Part of
Conditions 2, 5, 29 variation sought
- VariationVariation of conditions 2 (approved plans), 5 (obscure glazing) and 29 (refuse and recycling…This applicationPL/26/0652
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 mUnnamed
- 109 m2, 3 and 3a Broad StreetGrade II
- 110 mUnnamed
- 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 mUnnamed
- 132 mUnnamed
- 134 mReading Town HallGrade II*
- 140 mAssize CourtsGrade II
- 145 mThe George HotelGrade II
Checked on 6 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £1,162,500 in May 2021. Other property, freehold.
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Public comments
Last counted 28 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 26 Aug 2026
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13 Market Place Reading RG1 2EG
Change of use of upper floors of No’s 13-16 Market Place to 4 residential units and erection of 2-storey extension creating access from No’s 11-12 Market Place. Demolition of existing rear additions and erection of a 4/5-storey building to create 11 residential units accessed from the rear, with Class E use at basement and ground floor and various associated works.
- Received
- 9 May 2023
- Decided
- 5 Sep 2024
- Outcome
- Approved
- Homes
- 11

The consultation period closed on 26 Aug 2026.