Planning application
Great Brighams Mead, Vastern road, Reading, RG1 8DJ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission ref. PL/25/0052
As published by the council, reference PL/26/1055
Application record
- Reference
- PL/26/1055
- Type
- Approval of details reserved by a condition
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 5 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 5 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Thames Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RG1 8DJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Reading register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/26/0239 Awaiting decision
Great Brighams Mead, Vastern Road, Reading , RG1 8DJ
“External works in connection with the conversion of the building to residential use, to facilitate landscape and amenity enhancements, and associated ancillary works”
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Aug 2026
Received by Reading
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 30 September 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 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.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Reading for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Reading decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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FLAT C, 31 VASTERN ROAD, READING, RG1 8DJ
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
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
78% 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
78% 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 -
Great Brighams Mead, Vastern Road, Reading , RG1 8DJ
73% historically approved · decision due ~17 Apr
“External works in connection with the conversion of the building to residential use, to facilitate landscape and amenity enhancements, and associated ancillary works”
Awaiting decision Full applications 11 docs -
Pavement o/s Great Brigham Mead, Caversham Road, Reading , RG1 8DJ
The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).
Refused Full applications 14 docs
Other condition discharge and variation applications
In Reading
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PL/26/0760 Granted
67 SOUTHCOTE LANE, READING, RG30 3AQ
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 12, 15, 16 and 18 of application PL/22/0734
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PL/26/0562 Granted
ADVANTAGE, 87 CASTLE STREET, READING, RG1 7SN
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions C3 and C4 (Contamination investigation) of application PL/24/0949
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PL/26/0921 Granted
81 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4QA
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Proposed Layout) of application PL/25/1228
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PL/26/1178 Awaiting decision
65 EASTERN AVENUE, READING, RG1 5SQ
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Materials Schedule) of application PL/26/0501
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PL/26/1176 Awaiting decision
READING CENTRAL LIBRARY, ABBEY SQUARE, READING, RG1 3BQ
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 5 (Decorative Artwork Proposal for Timber Hoarding) of application PL/26/0785