Abbey Wharf, 57-75 Kings Road, Reading, RG1 3AB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of 5 floors from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 27x studio, 43x 1-bedroom and 8x 2-bedroom flats (78 units total). 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 3 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 14 Oct 2026
Documents 37
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 14
Plans & drawings 6
Application forms 1
Other documents 14
Associated applications 4
- Change of use of 5 floors from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 27x studio, 43x 1-bedroom and 8x 2-bedroom…
Conditions 5 discharged
Site constraints 9
Show all 2 with distances
- 50 mUnnamed
- 145 mReading Abbey RuinsGrade I
Checked on 14 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 3
Last sold for £6,800,000 in May 2025. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 98 days from validation, 38 days slower than Reading's median of 60 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 14 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 26 Aug 2025
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold owner and leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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