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County House 17 Friar Street Reading RG1 1DB

Refused Reading 211214 Prior approval Part 3 Class O: Offices to dwellinghouses

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use of from Class B1(a) (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 23 dwellings. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.

As published by the council, reference 211214

Application record

Reference
211214
Type
Prior approval Part 3 Class O: Offices to dwellinghouses
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
22 Jul 2021
Validated
22 Jul 2021
Decided
10 Sep 2021
Ward
Abbey Ward
Parish
Reading Borough
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RG1 1DB

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Jul 2021

    Received by Reading

  2. 10 Sep 2021

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 8 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

12 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Reading refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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