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286 Kings Road Reading RG1 4HP

Refused Reading 230042 Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses

Works: New dwelling Several homes

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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 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 230042

Application record

Reference
230042
Type
Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refuse
Received
12 Jan 2023
Validated
12 Jan 2023
Decided
7 Mar 2023
Ward
Redlands Ward
Parish
Reading Borough
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RG1 4HP

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Jan 2023

    Received by Reading

  2. 7 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 8 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

5 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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