8 MELROSE AVENUE, READING, RG6 7BN

1. 13 May 2026

   Received by Reading

2. 14 May 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 27 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 9 July 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 56 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 lawful development applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 3 Melrose Avenue Reading RG6 7BN

  210836 Submitted 23 May 2021 0m away

  Single storey rear extension

  Granted Householder Extension 2 docs
  Small domestic

• 35 TALFOURD AVENUE, READING, RG6 7BP

  PL/26/0041 Submitted 15 Jan 2026 73m away

  Single Storey Rear Extension following Partial Demolition of Existing Conservatory and Attached Original Outhouse.

  Granted Householder Extension Demolition 15 docs
  Small domestic

• 5 Talfourd Avenue Reading RG6 7BP

  210068 Submitted 13 Jan 2021 73m away

  Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing use as large HMO (Sui Generis) (Amended Description).

  Withdrawn Lawful development 2 docs

• 129 WHITEKNIGHTS ROAD, READING, RG6 7BB

  PL/26/0271 Submitted 27 Feb 2026 148m away

  77% historically approved · decision due ~11 May

  Demolition of garage and single storey part of original house, proposed ground floor rear and side extensions and two storey rear extension, increased front canopy, and internal alterations [without complying with conditions 2 (approved plans), 4 (parking) and 5 (landscaping) of planning permission PL21/1552].

  Awaiting decision Amendments Extension Demolition 13 docs
  Small domestic

• 67 Whiteknights Road Reading RG6 7BB

  210828 Submitted 21 May 2021 148m away

  Replacement domestic garage. Widened crossover and dropped kerb. partial raising of short length of boundary wall

  Granted Householder 5 docs
  Small domestic

• 129 WHITEKNIGHTS ROAD, READING, RG6 7BB

  PL/25/0304 Submitted 26 Feb 2025 148m away

  93% historically approved · decision due ~29 Apr

  The construction of a single storey garden building to be used as leisure space.

  Awaiting decision Householder 7 docs
  Small domestic

• PL/26/0976 Granted

  31 BRISBANE ROAD, READING, RG30 2PE

  Loft conversion to create one bedroom and ensuite bathroom, along, consisting of two rooflights to front elevation and a new flat roof dormer to rear elevation.

  22 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• PL/26/0985 Granted

  32 VENETIA CLOSE, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8UG

  A loft conversion including the installation of three roof windows into the pitched roof of the front elevation as well as the addition of a dormer at the rear.

  23 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• PL/26/0939 Granted

  6 THE GARDENERS, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8EZ

  Rear outbuilding

  14 Jul 2026 Lawful development
• PL/26/0340 Granted

  66 SHINFIELD ROAD, READING, RG2 7DA

  Proposed single storey side extension. Proposed outbuilding.

  13 Mar 2026 Lawful development
• PL/26/1179 Awaiting decision

  3 NEW HOPE TERRACE, NEWPORT ROAD, READING, RG1 8FG

  Ancillary use of 1 room of house as tattoo parlour

  2 Sep 2026 Lawful development