Land West of Kidmore End Road Emmer Green Oxfordshire RG4 8SG

1. 16 May 2025

   Received by Reading

2. 27 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 11 July 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Reading took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Reading for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Reading's median decision took 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 17a Kidmore End Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8SG

  211266 Submitted 3 Aug 2021 50 yards away

  T1-T14 - 13 x Limes & 1 x Cherry - Remove epicormic around the base ofeach tree 4 times per year for the next 5 years

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• Land West of Kidmore End Road, Oxfordshire, RG4 8SG

  PL/25/0691 Submitted 9 May 2025 50 yards away

  88% historically approved · decision due ~4 Jul

  Outline planning application for the development of up to 70 homes (including affordable housing), new vehicular access, associated parking and landscaping (all matters reserved except for access).

  Awaiting decision Outline 74 docs

• 116 KIDMORE END ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SL

  PL/25/1686 Submitted 24 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  Single Storey Rear Extension to Dwelling

  Withdrawn Lawful development Extension 12 docs
  Small domestic

• 116 KIDMORE END ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SL

  PL/26/0039 Submitted 14 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  Rear extension measuring 5.17m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.7m, and 3.7m 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. (amended)

  Granted Prior approval Extension 12 docs

• 114 KIDMORE END ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SL

  PL/25/0238 Submitted 14 Feb 2025 50 yards away

  Two-storey side extension with front dormer, single-storey rear orangery and front porch canopy, and conversion of existing garage to habitable use

  Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer 6 docs
  Small domestic

• 14 TWIN OAKS, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SW

  PL/25/1696 Submitted 25 Nov 2025 100 yards away

  Addition of front porch

  Granted Householder Extension 9 docs
  Small domestic

• PL/26/1185 Decided

  KIRTONS FARM ROAD, PINGEWOOD, RG30 3UH

  Request for observations by Reading Borough Council on Wokingham Borough Council application (WBC Ref 262054) for the proposed removal of previously imported soils currently stored on part of the Site, including required enabling works and vegetation clearance, followed by the restoration and reprofiling of the land to its original level using only indigenous material placed elsewhere on the Site.

  Received 3 Sep, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Outline
• PL/25/1651 Decided

  Land North of Mole Road and Church Lane, Newlands Farm, RG2 9JD

  Outline planning application with all matters reserved other than principal access from Mole Road, for up to 430 dwellings, associated infrastructure to include a connection through to the proposed Spine Road, ref. 252498, new pedestrian cycle link connecting Byway ARB03 Carter’s Hill Lane and Byway ARB08 Ellis’s Hill, associated landscaping to include formal and informal public open space, biodiversity enhancements and associated utilities, infrastructure, and engineering works.

  Received 18 Nov, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Outline
• PL/25/1570 Decided

  HALL FARM, CHURCH LANE, ARBORFIELD, RG2 9HX (Loddon Garden Village)

  Hybrid planning application 252498 (part in full, part in outline) comprising outline application for: up to 2,800 residential units to include up to 100 custom and selfbuild plots; 2 primary schools (up to 3 forms of entry) to include early years provision and 1 secondary school (up to 12 forms of entry); one District Centre, to incorporate up to 11,000m2 of Class E (Commercial, Business and Service, to include a food store of around 2,500m2), and Class F (Local Community and Learning); one Local Centre, to incorporate up to 2,400m2 of Class E; a Sports Hub to include sports pitches and pavilion space; up to 4,250m2 of further Class E, Class F, and sui generis development to include commercial, health care and public house; associated green infrastructure, landscaping, public open space, play areas, and ecological enhancement measures; 20 gypsy and traveller pitches; drainage and flood alleviation measures to include Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) and engineering measures within Loddon Valley for the River Loddon; associated highway / transport / supporting infrastructure including spine road, pedestrian and cycle connections; associated utilities, infrastructure, and engineering works, including the undergrounding of overhead lines and an electricity substation; up to 0.5ha of land adjoining St Bartholomew’s Church for use as cemetery. All matters reserved other than access, incorporating: access to highways, incorporating: a new pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access to Lower Earley Way via a new 4th arm to the Meldreth Way roundabout; a new pedestrian, cycle and vehicular bridge over the M4; a new pedestrian, cycle and vehicular bridge over the River Loddon; a new vehicular access to the A327 Reading Road, via a new arm to the Observer Way roundabout; a new pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access to Thames Valley Science Park; Phase 1 of internal roads including pedestrian / cycle routes, associated infrastructure, drainage and landscaping.

  Received 3 Nov, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Outline
• PL/26/0953 Decided

  2 ROSEHILL FARM COTTAGES, PEPPARD ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8XA

  Demolition of existing stable and garage block. Erection of a new self-build dwelling

  Received 17 Jul, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Outline
• PL/26/1170 Awaiting decision

  WHITLEY PARK PRIMARY & NURSERY SCHOOL, BRIXHAM ROAD, READING, RG2 7RB

  Hybrid planning application: Full planning application (Phase 1) for car park extension with reconfigured internal vehicular circulation, landscaping, play equipment, boundary treatment and various associated works; Outline planning application (Phase 2) for up to 890sqm (GIA) of additional Learning and non-residential institutions use (Class F1), an additional car park extension, landscaping and various associated works, with all matters reserved except access.

  Received 27 Aug, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Outline