Flat 2, 66 Kingsley Close, Reading, RG2 8TX

PL/25/1716Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use or DevelopmentApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 28 January 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for internal works to create an additional bedroom

Received: 28 November 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Reading Borough Council
Ward: Whitley Ward

ReceivedReceived28 Nov
ValidatedValidated28 Nov
Consult.Consultation27 Jan
TargetTarget Date27 Jan
DecidedDecided28 Jan

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at FLAT 2, 66 KINGSLEY CLOSE, READING, RG2 8TX. Reading has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Reading's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Whitley Ward. We hold 771 applications in total for the RG2 postcode area.

82% of amendment 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 8TX
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use or Development
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 November 2025
Consultation expiry: 27 January 2026
Consultation end: 27 January 2026
Target decision date: 27 January 2026
Application expires: 28 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 61 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14525719
Documents: 6

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.

Source: Reading

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