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55A Baker Street, Reading, RG1 7XX

PL/25/1498Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 24 July 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)12 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from office (Class E) to 2 residential units (Class C3) and associated works, including replacement of the external stair and windows/doors.

Received
21 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey Ward
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 235 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 55A BAKER STREET, READING, RG1 7XX. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. This one was decided in 276 days, 31 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. The site is in the Russell Street and Castle Hill conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Abbey Ward. We hold 481 applications in total for the RG1 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
RG1 7XX
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
24 December 2025
Consultation end
24 December 2025
Target decision date
24 December 2025
Application expires
1 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
151 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14400086
Documents
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Russell Street and Castle Hill
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Russell Street / Castle Hill
  • Brownfield land register: 57 Baker Street, ReadingRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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