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55 Vastern Road Reading RG1 8BU

PL/24/0805Consent to display an advertisementApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 29 August 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Display of non-illuminated hoarding signs on the north-east (River Thames), south-west (Vastern Road) and north-west (Lynmouth Road) site boundaries for a temporary period until 01/07/2028.

Received
21 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thames Ward
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 55 Vastern Road Reading RG1 8BU. Reading has handled 25 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Reading's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Thames Ward. We hold 481 applications in total for the RG1 postcode area.

81% of advertising 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 8BU
Application type
Consent to display an advertisement
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2024
Consultation start
1 July 2024
Target decision date
1 July 2024
Application expires
30 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Documents
4

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)
  • Brownfield land register: Riverside, Vastern Road, ReadingRegister site at or near this address · +2 more

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 (21)

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 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.

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.

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