Planning application
ABBEY GARDENS, 4-6 ABBEY STREET, READING, RG1 3BA
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of part of building from Class E (offices) to Class C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 17 flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
As published by the council, reference PL/25/1711
Application record
- Reference
- PL/25/1711
- Type
- Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 27 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 27 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 19 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Abbey Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RG1 3BA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Nov 2025
Received by Reading
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19 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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10 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About prior approval applications
How this application type works
Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.
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