8 WATER ROAD, READING, RG30 2NN

This site has had 2 applications since 2025.

• PL/25/1616 Withdrawn

  8 Water Road, Reading, RG30 2NN

  Erection of 2 bedroom bungalow

  Decided 18 Mar 2026 Full applications

1. 10 Aug 2026

   Received by Reading

2. 21 Sep 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 25 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 16 November 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.

• 2, Water Road, Reading, RG30 2NN

  PL/26/0403 Submitted 26 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  75% historically approved · decision due ~21 May

  Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/22/0064 - Minor alterations to elevations; gables, fenestration, canopies and boundary treatments. Internal layouts amended.

  Awaiting decision Amendments Windows or glazing 13 docs

• 2, Water Road, Reading, RG30 2NN

  PL/26/0228 Submitted 18 Feb 2026 50 yards away

  Minor amendment for planning permission 161507/OUT for the “Demolition of 4 existing dwelling houses 2,4,6 Water Road and 158 Dee Road and erection of 6 no.4 bedroom and 5 no. 3 bedroom dwellings and car parking. Landscaping a reserved matter” for minor amendments to the gables, fenestration, canopies, boundary treatments and internal amendments.

  Granted Amendments Demolition Windows or glazing 17 docs
  Domestic

• 2,4,6 Water Road & 158 Dee Road, Reading, RG30 2NN

  PL/24/1600 Submitted 29 Nov 2024 50 yards away

  Minor amendment to the drawn proposal showing the extent of the visibility splay to the Water Road access and conditions 4 (approved plans) and 23 (visibility splay) of planning permission 161507/OUT for the “Demolition of 4 existing dwelling houses 2,4,6 Water Road and 158 Dee Road and erection of 6 no.4 bedroom and 5 no. 3 bedroom dwellings and car parking. Landscaping a reserved matter”.

  Granted Amendments Demolition 8 docs
  Domestic

• 8 Water Road, Reading, RG30 2NN

  PL/25/1616 Submitted 11 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  Erection of 2 bedroom bungalow

  Withdrawn Full applications 9 docs

• 2 WATER ROAD, READING, RG30 2NN

  PL/25/1513 Submitted 22 Oct 2025 50 yards away

  Application for the approval of details reserved by condition 5 (Materials), 8 (Boundary treatment), 12 (Construction Method Statement), 13 (Contamination), 16 (Noise and dust) and 18 (SAP) of application 161507

  Split decision Conditions 29 docs

• 2, Water Road, Reading, RG30 2NN

  PL/26/0514 Submitted 16 Apr 2026 50 yards away

  99% historically approved · decision due ~11 Jun

  Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 8 (Boundary treatment), 13 (Contamination) and 14 (Remediation) of application PL/16/1507

  Awaiting decision Conditions 5 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