The Sun Ph 16 Castle Street Reading RG1 7RD
Approved on 7 March 2024
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of illuminated and non-illuminated signs to the exterior of the building
- Received
- 30 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Ward
- Abbey Ward
- ReceivedReceived30 Nov
- ValidatedValidated6 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date6 Dec
- DecidedDecided7 Mar
Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at The Sun Ph 16 Castle Street Reading RG1 7RD. Reading has handled 25 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. The site is in the St Mary's Butts and Castle Street conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Abbey Ward. We hold 481 applications in total for the RG1 postcode area.
81% of advertising 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
- RG1 7RD
- Application type
- Consent to display an advertisement
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Reading Borough
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 December 2023
- Consultation start
- 6 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 6 December 2023
- Application expires
- 8 March 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Wortley Manor Lane Leeds LS12 4HX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 93 days
Appeal
- Appeal result
- N
Additional information
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St Mary's Butts and Castle Street
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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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Associated applications
- 202330 Nov
Erection of illuminated and non-illuminated signs to the exterior of the building
This applicationApprovedAdvertisement consentPL/23/1734 - 202330 Nov
Erection of illuminated and non-illuminated signs to the exterior of The building
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsidePL/23/1735
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Reading
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