136-137 Friar Street, Reading, RG1 1EX Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of a single story ground floor rear extension to the existing shop Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 10 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026
Documents 15
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 5
Other documents 8
Site constraints 4
Show all 17 with distances
- 50 m147, Friar StreetGrade II
- 70 mListed buildings 1321951
- 78 m1-31, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 100 m154, Friar StreetGrade II
- 105 m155, Friar StreetGrade II
- 107 m13 and 15, Station RoadGrade II
- 115 m15 Friar Street and Numbers 1 and 26 Harris Arcade, ReadingGrade II
- 118 m95, Broad StreetGrade II
- 119 mListed buildings 1157049
- 120 m14, Friar StreetGrade II
- 123 mNumbers 8-10 Station Road and 2-25 Harris Arcade, ReadingGrade II
- 124 m13, Friar StreetGrade II
- 126 mSaxoneGrade II
- 128 m12, Friar StreetGrade II
- 137 m11, Friar StreetGrade II
- 139 mCongregational Church and 89 and 89A Broad StreetGrade II
- 142 m67 and 68, Broad StreetGrade 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £595,000 in November 2015. 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 77 days from validation, 7 days slower than Reading's median of 70 for full applications. Approved, as 72% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Reading in the last twelve months, from validation. Reading decision record →
Public comments
Last counted 8 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 17 Dec 2025
Historical activity at this location
29 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: 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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