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301 Gosbrook Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8DY

PL/25/0276Householder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 18 June 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing rear single storey extension conservatory and removal of existing side extension pitched roof. Erection of a new single storey rear extension and replacement flat roof over existing side extension.

Received
21 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thames Ward
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 301 GOSBROOK ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8DY. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 9 weeks 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 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 8DY
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2025
Consultation expiry
28 April 2025
Consultation end
28 April 2025
Target decision date
28 April 2025
Application expires
26 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13784101
Documents
5

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: 307-311 Gosbrook Road, Caversham, ReadingRegister site at or near this address

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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