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161 Oxford Road Reading

PL/23/1857Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 20 February 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed replacement of unauthorised UPVC windows with timber frame sliding sash windows

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey Ward
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at 161 Oxford Road Reading. Reading has handled 47 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Reading's typical decision time. The site is in the Russell Street and Castle Hill conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 112 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).

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Application details

Postcode
RG1 7UY
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Target decision date
22 December 2023
Application expires
21 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Russell Street and Castle Hill
  • Listed building: Grade II: 149-169 Oxford RoadOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Russell Street / Castle Hill
  • Brownfield land register: 149-153 Oxford Road, ReadingRegister site at or near this address · +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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    1 May

    Replacement signage

    RefusedListed building consentPL/26/0590

Source: Reading

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