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The Sun Ph 16 Castle Street Reading RG1 7RD

PL/23/1735Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 7 March 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of illuminated and non-illuminated signs to the exterior of The building

Received
30 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey Ward
  1. Received30 Nov
  2. Validated6 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Dec
  5. Decided7 Mar

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The Sun Ph 16 Castle Street Reading RG1 7RD. Reading has handled 47 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.

95% of heritage applications at Reading Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
RG1 7RD
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
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 Moor Lane Leeds LS12 4HX

Planning decision

Statutory period
93 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: St Mary's Butts and Castle Street
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Church of St MaryOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    30 Nov

    Erection of illuminated and non-illuminated signs to the exterior of the building

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsidePL/23/1734
  2. 2023
    30 Nov

    Erection of illuminated and non-illuminated signs to the exterior of The building

    This applicationApprovedHeritagePL/23/1735

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