SOUTHCOTE LIBRARY, 234 SOUTHCOTE LANE, READING, RG30 3BA

1. 15 Aug 2024

   Received by Reading

2. 18 Sep 2024

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 16 Oct 2024

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required

4. 8 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Reading granted permission on 16 October 2024, 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.

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.

• 236 Southcote Lane Reading RG30 3BA

  210872 Submitted 26 May 2021 0m away

  Single storey rear and side extension, 2 storey side extension and front porch

  Granted Householder Extension 4 docs
  Small domestic

• 254 Southcote Lane Reading RG30 3BA

  230059 Submitted 17 Jan 2023 0m away

  New front porch

  Granted Householder Extension 2 docs
  Small domestic

• 95 ASHAMPSTEAD ROAD, READING, RG30 3LB

  PL/26/0316 Submitted 10 Mar 2026 178m away

  Erection of a front entrance porch, a two-storey side and rear extension, a single-storey rear extension, a loft conversion with a rear dormer, and an outbuilding within the rear garden (amended)

  Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer 6 docs
  Small domestic

• 26-28 Coronation Square, Southcote, Reading, RG30 3QN

  PL/25/1642 Submitted 14 Nov 2025 195m away

  Replacement of existing shopfronts

  Granted Full applications 13 docs

• 28 CORONATION SQUARE, READING, RG30 3QN

  PL/26/0043 Submitted 15 Jan 2026 195m away

  change of use of sui generis takeaway premises to Class E shop use

  Granted Full applications 6 docs

• 267 Southcote Lane Reading RG30 3BE

  211040 Submitted 23 Jun 2021 207m away

  Erection of an outbuilding as gym/office.

  Granted Householder 3 docs
  Small domestic

• PL/26/0672 Granted

  59 GLOUCESTER ROAD, READING, RG30 2TH

  Change of use of building from Class E (office) to Class F1(a) (a state funded school for learning and non-residential institutions for the provision of education). Prior Notification under Class T, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended).

  20 May 2026 Prior approval
• PL/26/1188 Awaiting decision

  12 BUCKLAND ROAD, READING, RG2 7SN

  Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.0m, and 2.9m 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.

  3 Sep 2026 Prior approval
• PL/26/0065 Granted

  95 GROVE ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8LW

  Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.6m, and 2.7m 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.

  21 Jan 2026 Prior approval
• PL/26/0900 Granted

  2A DONNINGTON GARDENS, READING, RG1 5LY

  Change of use from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 1 X one-bedroom residential unit. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.

  7 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• PL/26/1110 Awaiting decision

  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.

  19 Aug 2026 Prior approval