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62 George Street, Reading RG1 7NT

Granted Reading PL/25/1416 Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use or Development

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of the dwelling 62 George Street as a 6 bedroom HMO over 4 levels with 6 bedrooms

As published by the council, reference PL/25/1416

Application record

Reference
PL/25/1416
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use or Development
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
2 Oct 2025
Validated
2 Oct 2025
Decided
23 Dec 2025
Ward
Abbey Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RG1 7NT

Site history

Applications at this address on the Reading register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • PL/26/0086 Granted

    62 GEORGE STREET, READING, RG1 7NT

    Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use of Flat 1 (basement, ground, first and second floor levels) as a 6 bedroom, 6 person HMO (Class C4) and Flat 2 (ground and mezzanine floor levels) as 1 self-contained residential unit (Class C3).

    Decided 23 Mar 2026 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Oct 2025

    Received by Reading

  2. 23 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Approve

  3. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

4 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Reading granted permission on 23 December 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.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

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  • 62 GEORGE STREET, READING, RG1 7NT

    PL/26/0086 Submitted 26 Jan 2026 50 yards away

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    Granted Lawful development 5 docs
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    191685 Submitted 21 Oct 2019 50 yards away

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In Reading

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