Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

153 Friar Street Reading

Granted Reading 221906 Prior approval Part 3 Class G: Retail or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use

Works: New dwelling Several homes

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

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use for two flats (Use Class C3) under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G

As published by the council, reference 221906

Application record

Reference
221906
Type
Prior approval Part 3 Class G: Retail or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
19 Dec 2022
Validated
22 Dec 2022
Decided
2 Mar 2023
Ward
Abbey Ward
Parish
Reading Borough
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RG1 1HE

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Dec 2022

    Received by Reading

  2. 22 Dec 2022

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 2 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: Approve

  4. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

12 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

What this grant of permission means

Reading granted permission on 2 March 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • 150 Friar Street Reading RG1 1HE

    211694 Submitted 14 Oct 2021 50 yards away

    Change of use of ground and basement floors from retail (Class E) to restaurant/takeaway (Sui Generis), with installation of vent panel to rear and alterations to shop signage

    Withdrawn Full applications 6 docs

  • 154 FRIAR STREET, READING, RG1 1HE

    PL/26/0450 Submitted 1 Apr 2026 50 yards away

    Change of use of the upper floors of the building to serviced accommodation units (Class C1) and associated external and internal works.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings 23 docs

  • 154 FRIAR STREET, READING, RG1 1HE

    PL/26/0449 Submitted 1 Apr 2026 50 yards away

    Change of use of the upper floors of the building to serviced accommodation units (Class C1) and associated external and internal works.

    Granted Full applications 20 docs

  • 10 CROSS STREET, READING, RG1 1SN

    PL/26/0354 Submitted 13 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    1 Facia sign and 1 projecting sign

    Granted Advertising 11 docs

  • 10 CROSS STREET, READING, RG1 1SN

    PL/26/0339 Submitted 13 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    New shopfront, replacement of doors and windows on the front and rear elevations, and new fence in rear yard

    Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 11 docs
    Small domestic

  • 20 Cross Street Reading RG1 1SN

    211234 Submitted 27 Jul 2021 50 yards away

    Change of use from Class B1(a) (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 3 X 1-bed apartments. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.

    Withdrawn Prior approval New dwelling 5 docs
    Domestic

In Reading

  • PL/26/1110 Granted

    17 HILLBROW, READING, RG2 8JD

    Rear extension measuring 4.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.0m, and 2.8m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

    Received 19 Aug, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Prior approval
  • PL/26/1024 Granted

    Reading Gateway Church (St Barnabas) , 14 Elm Road , Reading , RG6 5TS

    Prior approval Part 14 Class J: Installation or alteration etc of solar equipment on non-domestic premises. 36 black photovoltaic panels with a total installed capacity of approximately 18.54 kWp.

    Received 29 Jul, published by the council 10 Aug 2026 Prior approval
  • PL/26/1273 Awaiting decision

    48 VALENTINE CRESCENT, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5JJ

    Rear extension measuring 5m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.86m, and 3m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

    Received 23 Sep, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Prior approval
  • PL/26/1237 Awaiting decision

    80a Crescent Road, Reading, RG1 5SP

    Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.415m, and 2.76m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

    Received 16 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Prior approval
  • PL/26/1220 Awaiting decision

    54 NORCOT ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BU

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

    Received 14 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Prior approval