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PL/25/1392 - Full planning permission Refused

Proposal

Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Sept 2025
✓
Validated
3 Oct 2025
✗
Refused
28 Nov 2025
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 28 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Refusal - PL_25_1392 Decision Notice · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Delegated Report - PL_25_1392 & PL_25_1401 Planning Officer report · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF REA-114 - BT Street Hub Planning Statement.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF BT Street Hub Product Statement V2.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 5

PDF REA-114 Elevation Plan.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF REA-114 Location Plan Red Edged.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF REA-114 Site Plan.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF BT Street Hubs Anti-Social Behaviour Management Plan.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF BT Street Hub Unit All Round Elevations.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF REA-114 - BT Street Hub ICNIRP Certificate.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Professional Lighting Guide 2023.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF BT Street Hub Overexposure and Glare Evaluation.pdf PDF · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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 ↗
Conservation area about 4 m away: Market Place and London Street
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
33 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 2, 3 and 3a Broad Street, Grade II, about 48 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 30 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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 164 m away: Reading Abbey: a Cluniac and Benedictine monastery and Civil War earthwork.; Radon affected area, class 2; Registered park or garden about 207 m away: The Forbury Garden; Inside the Reading built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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
Full planning permission
Postcode
RG1 2BH
Received
30 Sept 2025
Validated
3 Oct 2025
Ward
Abbey Ward
Target decision
28 Nov 2025
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
28 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Louis Freeman

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 14 days faster than Reading's median of 70 for full applications. Refused, as 28% of full applications here are.

39%decided within 8 weeks
72%approved
232decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Reading in the last twelve months, from validation. Reading decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

Last counted 10 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
6 Nov 2025

Historical activity at this location

26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD adver…
PL/25/1401
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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2024 Approved
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Installation of plant to rear of building.
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2024 Approved
121-122 Broad Street Reading RG1 2BD
Installation of plant to rear of building.
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Change of use of first, second and third floors from Class E to 4 x 1 bed flats and 1 x 2…
221880
2022 Approved
23-24 Market Place Reading RG1 2DE
Internal and external alterations including new ventilation outlets to rear elevation ass…
221881
2022 Approved
23-24 Market Place Reading RG1 2DE
Change of use of first, second and third floors from Class E to 4 x 1 bed flats and 1 x 2…
PL/22/1880
2022 Approved
23-24 Market Place Reading RG1 2DE
Internal and external alterations including new ventilation outlets to rear elevation ass…
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2023 Approved
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2021 Approved
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Reading
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#258 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings