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6a Hemdean Road Caversham Reading RG4 7SX

PL/24/0148Householder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 15 April 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Ground floor rear extension to create a WC; creation of opening for folding/sliding doors at rear wall, two new windows, two new skylights, blocking up of two windows, relocation of one window. Installation of replacement staircase to create attic room.

Received
5 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Caversham Ward
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Feb
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 6a Hemdean Road Caversham Reading RG4 7SX. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 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 40 applications across Caversham Ward. We hold 820 applications in total for the RG4 postcode area.

89% of full 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 7SX
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Reading Borough

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2024
Consultation start
12 February 2024
Target decision date
5 February 2024
Application expires
15 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
26 Green Road Reading RG6 7BS

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

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.

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