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3 TIDMARSH STREET, READING, RG30 1HX

Refused Reading PL/25/1771 Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses

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
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.

  • PL/24/1254 Withdrawn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.

    Decided 20 Nov 2024 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Dec 2025

    Received by Reading

  2. 4 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

12 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

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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