37 Grosvenor Road Caversham Reading RG4 5EN

PL/23/0834Householder planning permissionApproved

Householder

Approved on 9 January 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Part two storey and part single storey side and rear extensions, and new front porch (amended).

Received: 14 June 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Reading Borough Council
Ward: Caversham Ward

ReceivedReceived14 Jun
ValidatedValidated14 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date14 Jun
DecidedDecided9 Jan

Decided in 209 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 37 Grosvenor Road Caversham Reading RG4 5EN. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. This one was decided in 209 days, 22 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Caversham Ward. We hold 820 applications in total for the RG4 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Reading Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: RG4 5EN
Application type: Householder planning permission
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 June 2023
Consultation start: 6 December 2023
Target decision date: 14 June 2023
Application expires: 9 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 13 Freeland Park Wareham Road Poole BH16 6FA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 209 days

Appeal

Appeal result: N

Additional information

Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Reading

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