Planning application
8-10 Station Road, 15 Friar Street and Units 1-26 Harris Arcade, Reading, RG1 1DB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Internal refurbishment works comprising stripping and sanding of existing painted surfaces and associated re-painting.
As published by the council, reference PL/25/1179
Application record
- Reference
- PL/25/1179
- Type
- Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 21 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 21 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 15 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Abbey Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RG1 1DB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Reading register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/26/0752 Decided
8-10 Station Road, 15 Friar Street and Units 1-26 Harris Arcade, Reading, RG1 1DB
Discharge of condition 4 (Cleaning Method Statement) of listed building consent PL/25/1179, as granted on 15/10/2025.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Aug 2025
Received by Reading
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15 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Granted
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
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1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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PL/26/0752 Decided
8-10 Station Road, 15 Friar Street and Units 1-26 Harris Arcade, Reading, RG1 1DB
Discharge of condition 4 (Cleaning Method Statement) of listed building consent PL/25/1179, as granted on 15/10/2025.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Reading granted permission on 15 October 2025, 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.
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