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18 BRIDGE STREET, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8AA

Refused Reading PL/24/1151 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

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

Proposal

Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), to mixed a use of Class E and two flats above (Use Class C3). Prior Approval under Class G, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended)

As published by the council, reference PL/24/1151

Application record

Reference
PL/24/1151
Type
Prior approval Part 3 Class G: Retail or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refuse
Received
3 Sep 2024
Validated
3 Sep 2024
Decided
22 Oct 2024
Ward
Caversham Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RG4 8AA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Sep 2024

    Received by Reading

  2. 22 Oct 2024

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 8 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

8 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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