Great Brighams Mead, Vastern Road, Reading , RG1 8DJ

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• PL/26/1055 Awaiting decision

  Great Brighams Mead, Vastern road, Reading, RG1 8DJ

  Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission ref. PL/25/0052

  Submitted 5 Aug 2026 Conditions
• PL/24/1320 Granted

  Great Brighams Mead, Vastern Road, Reading, RG1 8DJ

  Change of use from office use Class B1(a) to use Class C3 to comprise 110 residential units. Prior Notification under Class 0, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 without complying with condition 1 (time limit for completion) of consent ref. 210567 to allow for completion of the development within 6 years rather than 3 years

  Decided 2 Dec 2024 Amendments

1. 20 Feb 2026

   Received by Reading

2. 27 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 17 April 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.

This application is with Reading for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Reading decided full applications in a median of 90 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

• FLAT C, 31 VASTERN ROAD, READING, RG1 8DJ

  PL/25/1398 Submitted 30 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.

  Refused Advertising 14 docs

• FLAT C, 31 VASTERN ROAD, READING, RG1 8DJ

  PL/25/1389 Submitted 30 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.

  Refused Full applications 13 docs

• Great Brighams mead, Vastern road, Reading, RG1 8DJ , Vastern road, , Reading, RG1 8DJ

  PL/26/0288 Submitted 4 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  74% historically approved · decision due ~12 May

  External alterations in connection with conversion of the building to residential use without complying with condition 2 (approved plans) of approved planning permission ref. PL/25/0052 for changes to the proposed external alterations to the building (application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990).

  Awaiting decision Amendments 9 docs

• Great Brighams mead, Vastern road, Reading, RG1 8DJ , Vastern road, , Reading, RG1 8DJ

  PL/26/0287 Submitted 4 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  74% historically approved · decision due ~13 May

  Change of use from office use Class B1(a) to use Class C3 to comprise 110 residential units. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 without complying with condition 2 (approved plans) of consent ref. PL/25/0046 for internal alterations to layout (application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990).

  Awaiting decision Amendments 13 docs

• Pavement o/s Great Brigham Mead, Caversham Road, Reading , RG1 8DJ

  PL/25/1351 Submitted 24 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).

  Refused Full applications 14 docs

• Pavement o/s Great Brigham Mead, Caversham Road, Reading , RG1 8DJ

  PL/25/1356 Submitted 24 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).

  Refused Advertising 15 docs

• PL/26/1053 Granted

  4-5 ST MARYS BUTTS, READING, RG1 2LN

  Replacement of existing shopfront signage with new internally illuminated fascia and projecting signs, relocation of the entrance doors by swapping the existing door with the existing glazing, installation of new window vinyls, and associated external alterations.

  Received 5 Aug, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Full applications
• PL/26/1297 Awaiting decision

  Footpath adjacent to 579 Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG2 0SJ

  Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit

  Received 30 Sep, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Full applications
• PL/26/0718 Granted

  FLAT 1, 51 ST PETERS ROAD, READING, RG6 1PA

  Proposed conversion of Existing use as 2No Self Contained Apartments to revert to a Single family Dwelling

  Received 1 Jun, published by the council 15 Aug 2026 Full applications
• PL/26/0277 Refused

  GARDEN OF 80 WHITLEY WOOD ROAD, READING, RG2 8JE

  Change of use of rear garden of No.80 from residential (C3) to a mixed use (sui generis) residential and childcare nursery with the erection of two outbuildings used to accommodate 15 FTE childcare spaces (Retrospective)

  Received 2 Mar, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications
• PL/26/0849 Granted

  153 CAVERSHAM ROAD, READING, RG1 8AR

  Retrospective application for the installation of an ATM (amended).

  Received 26 Jun, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Full applications