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5 Grass Hill Caversham Reading RG4 7TJ

PL/23/1861Removal/variation of conditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 March 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two 3-bed detached dwellings with associated garaging without complying with condition no. 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 201233 to include changes to the siting, layout and appearance of both dwellings and a change in the design of Plot 1.

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

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 5 Grass Hill Caversham Reading RG4 7TJ. Reading has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Caversham Heights Ward. We hold 820 applications in total for the RG4 postcode area.

93% of conditions 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 7TJ
Application type
Removal/variation of conditions
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Target decision date
22 December 2023
Application expires
20 March 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
89 days

Additional information

Documents
2

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

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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.

© 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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