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70-78 Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1JL

Refused Reading 211714 Full planning permission

Works: New dwelling Demolition Major scheme

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

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

Proposal

Demolition of hotel and erection of 14 apartments.

As published by the council, reference 211714

Application record

Reference
211714
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refuse
Received
18 Oct 2021
Validated
4 Apr 2022
Decided
6 Jan 2023
Ward
Park Ward
Parish
Reading Borough
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RG6 1JL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Oct 2021

    Received by Reading

  2. 4 Apr 2022

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 6 Jan 2023

    Decision issued: Refuse

  4. 24 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

18 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 full applications

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