Planning application
62 Manchester Road ,Reading, RG1 3QN
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Proposal
Change of use of the basement of 62 Manchester Road from a stock room use as per planning permission 18/0491 to commercial short let lettings use class (C3) . retrospective
As published by the council, reference PL/25/1477
Application record
- Reference
- PL/25/1477
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 16 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 7 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Park Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RG1 3QN
Site history
Applications at this address on the Reading register
This site has had 2 applications since 2019.
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191670 Decided
62 Manchester Road Reading RG1 3QN
Conversion of existing commercial basement to a 1-bed flat (Class C3)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Oct 2025
Received by Reading
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7 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 4 March 2026, 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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