Planning application
81 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4QA
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Temporary change of use from private parking to commercial car park for up to 3 years
As published by the council, reference PL/25/1228
Application record
- Reference
- PL/25/1228
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 1 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 24 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 19 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Katesgrove Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RG1 4QA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Reading register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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PL/26/0921 Granted
81 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4QA
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Proposed Layout) of application PL/25/1228
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Sep 2025
Received by Reading
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24 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Refuse
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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PL/26/0921 Granted
81 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4QA
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Proposed Layout) of application PL/25/1228
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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