5 Oakdale Close, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 5BZ

PL/25/0587Householder planning permissionApproved

Householder

Approved on 25 June 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

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

Proposal

Single storey front extension, addition of side windows, widen dropped kerb

Received: 16 April 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Reading Borough Council
Ward: Tilehurst Ward

ReceivedReceived16 Apr
ValidatedValidated17 Apr
Consult.Consultation14 May
TargetTarget Date14 May
DecidedDecided25 Jun

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a front extension at 5 OAKDALE CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5BZ. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Tilehurst Ward. We hold 274 applications in total for the RG31 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: RG31 5BZ
Application type: Householder planning permission
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 April 2025
Consultation expiry: 14 May 2025
Consultation end: 14 May 2025
Target decision date: 14 May 2025
Application expires: 25 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 69 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13953683
Documents: 9

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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