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37 Pitcroft Avenue Reading

PL/23/1182Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use or DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 November 2023

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for existing ground floor 1 -bedroom self- contained flat (C3 class), 3X bedsitting rooms falling within C4 classfor a maximum of 4 occupants (amended description).

Received
19 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park Ward
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 37 Pitcroft Avenue Reading. Reading has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Park Ward. We hold 694 applications in total for the RG6 postcode area.

82% of amendment 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
RG6 1NN
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use or Development
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2023
Target decision date
19 August 2023
Application expires
9 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
82 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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