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

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

• 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”

  Submitted 20 Feb 2026 Full applications
• 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. 5 Aug 2026

   Received by Reading

2. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 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 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 condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• 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

  75% 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

  75% 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

  PL/26/0239 Submitted 20 Feb 2026 50 yards away

  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

  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

• PL/26/1086 Split decision

  41A WHITE HOUSE, 41 EASTERN AVENUE, READING, RG1 5RX

  Discharge of conditions 4, 5 & 7 of planning permission reference PL/26/0099. (amended)

  Received 12 Aug, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Conditions
• PL/26/1292 Awaiting decision

  174 UPPER WOODCOTE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7JU

  Application for approval of details pursuant to Condition 5 of planning permission 221566 at 174 Upper Woodcote Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7JU.

  Received 28 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Conditions
• PL/26/0564 Granted

  27-32, Market Place, Reading, RG1 2DG

  Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 15 (courtyard operational management plan) of planning permission) ref. PL/22/0545.

  Received 27 Apr, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Conditions
• PL/26/1281 Awaiting decision

  SPRINGWOOD, THE WARREN, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7TQ

  DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS APPLICATION FOR APPLICATION REF: PL/25/1324 IN RELATION TO CONDITIONS 5 (TREES), 6 (HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING SCHEME), 7 (CEMP) AND 9 (BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENTS)

  Received 24 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Conditions
• PL/26/1259 Awaiting decision

  ROYAL BERKSHIRE ARCHIVES, 9 COLEY AVENUE, READING, RG1 6AF

  Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 10 (Mechanical Plant) of PL/26/0036

  Received 21 Sep, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Conditions