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Leighton Park School, Shinfield Road, Berkshire, Reading, RG2 7DE

PL/25/0758Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

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

Proposal

A full planning application for the erection of an entrance lodge and associated access.

Received
21 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Church Ward
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target20 Jun
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 337 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Leighton Park School , Shinfield Road, Berkshire, Reading, RG2 7DE. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. This one was decided in 338 days, 40 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Church Ward. We hold 771 applications in total for the RG2 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
RG2 7DE
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2025
Consultation expiry
20 June 2025
Consultation end
20 June 2025
Target decision date
20 June 2025
Application expires
6 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
288 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13855076
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 Sep

    Discharge of condition 6 (soft landscaping scheme) of planning permission PL/25/0758

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPL/26/1232
  2. 2026
    26 May

    Discharge of condition 3 (materials) of planning permission PL/25/0758

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPL/26/0694
  3. 2025
    21 May

    A full planning application for the erection of an entrance lodge and associated access.

    This applicationApprovedFullPL/25/0758

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