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George Street Reading RG1 7HL

PL/24/0073Regulation 3 Planning ApprovalApproved

Approved on 14 May 2024

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

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

Proposal

Relocation of an existing childrens play area within Victoria Park andthe reinstatement of the existing childrens play area to an informal open space.

Received
19 January 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Abbey Ward
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated25 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Jan
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 110 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at George Street Reading RG1 7HL. Reading has handled 4 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 9 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

91% of all 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 7HL
Application type
Regulation 3 Planning Approval
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Reading Borough

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 January 2024
Consultation start
25 January 2024
Target decision date
25 January 2024
Committee meeting
24 April 2024
Application expires
14 May 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
110 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    24 Mar

    Installation of Community Notice Board

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentPL/23/0392

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