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87 Southampton Street Reading RG1 2QU

Refused Reading 221943 Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses

Works: New dwelling Domestic

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

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

As published by the council, reference 221943

Application record

Reference
221943
Type
Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
22 Dec 2022
Validated
22 Dec 2022
Decided
14 Feb 2023
Ward
Katesgrove Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RG1 2QU

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Dec 2022

    Received by Reading

  2. 14 Feb 2023

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 8 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

4 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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