Planning application
Great Brighams Mead, Vastern Road, Reading, RG1 8DJ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from office use Class B1(a) to use Class C3 to comprise 110 residential units. Prior Notification under Class 0, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 without complying with condition 1 (time limit for completion) of consent ref. 210567 to allow for completion of the development within 6 years rather than 3 years
As published by the council, reference PL/24/1320
Application record
- Reference
- PL/24/1320
- Type
- Removal/variation of conditions
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 4 Oct 2024
- Validated
- 4 Oct 2024
- Decided
- 2 Dec 2024
- Ward
- Thames Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RG1 8DJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Reading register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/26/1055 Awaiting decision
Great Brighams Mead, Vastern road, Reading, RG1 8DJ
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission ref. PL/25/0052
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PL/26/0239 Awaiting decision
Great Brighams Mead, Vastern Road, Reading , RG1 8DJ
“External works in connection with the conversion of the building to residential use, to facilitate landscape and amenity enhancements, and associated ancillary works”
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Oct 2024
Received by Reading
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2 Dec 2024
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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15 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Reading granted permission on 2 December 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.
About amendment applications
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FLAT C, 31 VASTERN ROAD, READING, RG1 8DJ
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.
Refused Full applications 13 docs -
Great Brighams mead, Vastern road, Reading, RG1 8DJ , Vastern road, , Reading, RG1 8DJ
78% historically approved · decision due ~12 May
External alterations in connection with conversion of the building to residential use without complying with condition 2 (approved plans) of approved planning permission ref. PL/25/0052 for changes to the proposed external alterations to the building (application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990).
Awaiting decision Amendments 9 docs -
Great Brighams mead, Vastern road, Reading, RG1 8DJ , Vastern road, , Reading, RG1 8DJ
78% historically approved · decision due ~13 May
Change of use from office use Class B1(a) to use Class C3 to comprise 110 residential units. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 without complying with condition 2 (approved plans) of consent ref. PL/25/0046 for internal alterations to layout (application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990).
Awaiting decision Amendments 13 docs -
Great Brighams Mead, Vastern Road, Reading , RG1 8DJ
73% historically approved · decision due ~17 Apr
“External works in connection with the conversion of the building to residential use, to facilitate landscape and amenity enhancements, and associated ancillary works”
Awaiting decision Full applications 11 docs -
Pavement o/s Great Brigham Mead, Caversham Road, Reading , RG1 8DJ
The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).
Refused Full applications 14 docs
Other amendment applications
In Reading
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PL/26/1090 Decided
79 WOODCOTE WAY, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7HL
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/25/1680 - Reduce the side extension to be in line with the front of the main house
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PL/26/1065 Decided
122 KIDMORE END ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SP
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/25/0800 to comprise minor revisions to the approved scheme
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PL/26/1033 Granted
67 SOUTHCOTE LANE, READING, RG30 3AQ
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/22/0734 for the creation of a small access path serving the cycle and bin store, together with the erection of a boundary fence and access gate.
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PL/26/0335 Granted
Unit 1, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6AX
Section 73 application to vary Condition 2 (Drawings) of planning application PL/24/0852 “Proposed development a Drive-Through restaurant (Use Class E (a,b) and Sui Generis Hot Food Take Away, Car Parking, enhanced landscaping and Access Arrangements. Variation of Conditions 9 and 10 (BREEAM) of application 220637” (to amend the layout, hard and soft landscaping and elevational details and include EV Charging units)”.
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PL/26/0576 Granted
BLUE COLLAR CORNER, 15 HOSIER STREET, READING, RG1 7QL
Variation of condition 2 of application PL/21/0540 (Construction of new food and drink quarter (constructed using shipping containers) including restaurants and cafes (Class E) and Bar (Sui Generis) and use of external spaces for erection of beach huts, seating, new terrace, refuse store, customer toilets, pergola, landscaping, boundary treatment and associated works) - To enable the continued operation of Blue Collar Bar beyond the initial 5 year limit imposed by Condition 2.