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282 Hemdean Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7QT

PL/24/1177Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extensionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 October 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Rear extension measuring 3.84m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.45m, and 2.58m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

Received
9 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Caversham Ward
  1. Received9 Sep
  2. Validated9 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Oct
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 282 HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7QT. Reading has handled 182 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Reading's typical decision time. 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.

90% of outline 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 7QT
Application type
Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extension
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 September 2024
Consultation expiry
1 October 2024
Consultation end
1 October 2024
Target decision date
30 December 2024
Application expires
21 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13387453
Documents
16

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 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

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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