City Wall House, 26 West Street, Reading, RG1 1TZ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed change of use of the existing building from 31 C1 apart-hotel suites to 31 C3 residential flats with associated bin and cycle storage Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 22 Dec 2026 and 17 Jan 2027, from Reading's recent changes of use.
Documents 41
Statements & assessments 9
Plans & drawings 23
Other documents 9
Site constraints 4
Show all 6 with distances
- 3 mW I Palmer Memorial HallGrade II
- 28 mThe former Mitre InnGrade II
- 55 mQuadrant Walls and Railings to Former No 64 (Greyfriars Vicarage)Grade II
- 71 mGreyfriars ChurchGrade I
- 108 m3 AND 5, CHEAPSIDE (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 115 m67 and 68, Broad StreetGrade II
Checked on 1 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 £100,000 in January 2020. 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
Decision outlook
Day 10 of the 91-day target. Reading usually decides changes of use by day 65.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Reading in the last twelve months, from validation. Reading decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 30 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
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- 19 Nov 2026
Historical activity at this location
28 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.
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