158 Belmont Road, Reading, RG30 2UX

PL/25/0476Householder planning permissionApproved

Householder

Approved on 30 October 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

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

Proposal

Loft conversion with rear dormer, along with two front roof lights. Change of use from C3 to C4 3 bedrooms HMO. (amended)

Received: 26 March 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Reading Borough Council
Ward: Battle Ward

ReceivedReceived26 Mar
ValidatedValidated26 Mar
Consult.Consultation7 Aug
TargetTarget Date7 Aug
DecidedDecided30 Oct

Decided in 218 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 158 BELMONT ROAD, READING, RG30 2UX. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. This one was decided in 218 days, 23 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 27 applications across Battle Ward. We hold 270 applications in total for the RG30 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: RG30 2UX
Application type: Householder planning permission
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 March 2025
Consultation expiry: 7 August 2025
Consultation end: 7 August 2025
Target decision date: 7 August 2025
Application expires: 31 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 219 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13886628
Documents: 19

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.

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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.

Source: Reading

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