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Land North of Mole Road and Church Lane, Newlands Farm, RG2 9JD

PL/25/1651Adjacent Authority ConsultationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Outline planning application with all matters reserved other than principal access from Mole Road, for up to 430 dwellings, associated infrastructure to include a connection through to the proposed Spine Road, ref. 252498, new pedestrian cycle link connecting Byway ARB03 Carter’s Hill Lane and Byway ARB08 Ellis’s Hill, associated landscaping to include formal and informal public open space, biodiversity enhancements and associated utilities, infrastructure, and engineering works.

Received
18 November 2025
Decision due
15 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Land North of Mole Road and Church Lane, Newlands Farm, RG2 9JD. Reading has handled 182 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 771 applications in total for the RG2 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
RG2 9JD
Application type
Adjacent Authority Consultation
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
430

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Consultation expiry
15 December 2025
Consultation end
15 December 2025
Decision issued
11 September 2026
Application expires
13 January 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Object
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
252769
Documents
1

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.

Source: Reading

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