Planning application
19 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7LR
Works: New dwelling Several homes
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Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3). Ground floor retained as commercial use, first floor converted from commercial into two flats. Class G of the GPDO refers.
As published by the council, reference 26/01691/PACOU
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01691/PACOU
- Type
- Prior Approval for Change of Use
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 4 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Pangbourne
- Parish
- Pangbourne Parish Council
- Postcode
- RG8 7LR
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Berkshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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26/01113/PACOU Decided
19 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7LR
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed:Change of use of the existing Class E office/commercial building to provide 4 self-contained residential flats. Internal conversion works are proposed including internal partitions, kitchens, bathrooms and associated services.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Aug 2026
Received by West Berkshire
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11 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
West Berkshire took a median of 59 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Colony Architects Ltd. Agent, an architecture practice registered in Theale
Active · incorporated 2013 · Theale
115 applications on PlanIndex · across 22 councils · 87% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with West Berkshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Berkshire decided prior approval applications in a median of 54 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
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19 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7LR
90% historically approved · decision due ~10 Aug
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed:Change of use of the existing Class E office/commercial building to provide 4 self-contained residential flats. Internal conversion works are proposed including internal partitions, kitchens, bathrooms and associated services.
Decided New dwelling -
Clifton House 17 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading Berkshire RG8 7LU
Planning application for block of nine flats and reconfigured car park.
Granted Full applications New dwelling 117 docsSeveral homes -
Dental Care Clifton House 17 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7LU
Approval of details reserved by Conditions (22) Source Protection Strategy and (25) Landscaping of panning permission 25/01368/FULMAJ: SECTION 73 - Vary condition 2 'Approved plans' of approved application 21/02767/FULMAJ: Construction of 13 flats and courtyards with reconfigured car park. Demolition of single storey flat roofed building.
Granted Conditions New dwelling Demolition 9 docsMajor scheme -
Dental Care Clifton House 17 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7LU
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (Finished floor levels), 7 (CMS), 12 (LEMP) 13 (CEMP), 15 (WSI), 16 (Electric vehicle charging points), 22 (Source Protection Strategy), 23 (Arboricultural Watching Brief), 25 (Landscaping) and 26 (Boundary treatment) of planning permission 25/01368/FULMAJ
Split decision Conditions 26 docs -
First Floor 20 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7LY
Change of use from ancillary retail to residential to form two flats and erection of first floor extension.
Granted Full applications New dwelling Extension 40 docsSeveral homes -
3-5 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7LR
Addirtion of A3 use for evenings in addition to current daytime A1 use.
Granted Full applications 2 docs
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