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5 Cromwell Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EA

PL/25/1226Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extensionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 October 2025

Council decision: Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Rear extension measuring 3.83m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.50m, and 3.0m 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
1 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Caversham Ward
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Sep
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 5 CROMWELL ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5EA. Reading has handled 182 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Reading's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 5EA
Application type
Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extension
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2025
Consultation expiry
24 September 2025
Consultation end
24 September 2025
Target decision date
22 December 2025
Application expires
13 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14138905
Documents
7

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    24 Oct

    Proposed single storey rear infill extension

    ApprovedOutlinePL/25/1525

Source: Reading

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