Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed temporary opening up works and associated initial investigations to the roof structures of Reading Town Hall. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 18 Nov 2025 · Committee · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Reading Planning Applications Committee on 5 Nov 2025.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the temporary works would investigate water ingress with minimal harm to the historic fabric.
- Historic England had no comments, the conservation officer had no objections, and no letters of representation were received.
- The committee authorised planning permission subject to the recommended conditions and informatives.
Source: Plota analysis of Reading's committee minutes of 5 Nov 2025.
Documents 29
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 3
Consultation & comments 2
Other documents 20
Site constraints 8
Show all 31 with distances
- 4 mReading Town HallGrade II*
- 5 mListed buildings 1113401
- 20 mListed buildings 1321990
- 31 mListed buildings 1113600
- 39 mListed buildings 1321989
- 44 mMunicipal BuildingsGrade II
- 50 mQueen Victoria Jubilee StatueGrade II
- 72 mChurch of St LaurenceGrade I
- 74 mDrinking fountain on the south side of St Laurence’s Church tower, facing south towards Market PlaceGrade II
- 77 mListed buildings 1113403
- 79 mListed buildings 1113474
- 85 mTracery Fragments in the Churchyard of the Church of St LaurenceGrade II
- 89 mSt Laurence's Church and Churchyard Twelve Tombs in St Laurence's ChurchyardGrade II
- 93 m11, Friar StreetGrade II
- 94 mWalter Parsons Corn StoresGrade II
- 98 m23-26 Market PlaceGrade II
- 102 m12, Friar StreetGrade II
- 105 mWall and gate piers of the Church of St Laurence’s graveyardGrade II
- 107 m13, Friar StreetGrade II
- 108 m27 and 28, Market PlaceGrade II
- 111 m14, Friar StreetGrade II
- 116 mThe Coopers Public HouseGrade II
- 118 m15 Friar Street and Numbers 1 and 26 Harris Arcade, ReadingGrade II
- 125 m155, Friar StreetGrade II
- 125 m32, Market PlaceGrade II
- 126 m13-16 Market PlaceGrade II
- 130 mNumbers 8-10 Station Road and 2-25 Harris Arcade, ReadingGrade II
- 130 m154, Friar StreetGrade II
- 131 m33-34 Market PlaceGrade II
- 141 mCorn Exchange Arcade EntranceGrade II
- 149 mThe Simeon MonumentGrade II*
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
How this decision compares
Decided in 49 days from validation, 18 days faster than Reading's median of 67 for listed building works. Approved, as 91% of listed building works here are.
Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Reading in the last twelve months, from validation. Reading decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 12 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 22 Oct 2025
- Committee
- 5 Nov 2025
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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