Planning application
3 TIDMARSH STREET, READING, RG30 1HX
Works: New dwelling Domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 2X one bedroom 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/25/1771
Application record
- Reference
- PL/25/1771
- Type
- Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refuse
- Received
- 10 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 10 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 4 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Battle Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RG30 1HX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Reading register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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PL/24/1254 Withdrawn
3 TIDMARSH STREET, READING, RG30 1HX
Change of use of office building from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 2 dwelling units. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Dec 2025
Received by Reading
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4 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
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10 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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Reading refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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