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3 Tidmarsh Street, Reading, RG30 1HX

PL/25/1771Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghousesRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 4 February 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 2X one bedroom flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.

Received
10 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Battle Ward
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Jan
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 3 TIDMARSH STREET, READING, RG30 1HX. Reading has handled 182 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Battle Ward. We hold 270 applications in total for the RG30 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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Why it was refused

  1. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that future occupiers of the proposed development would not be subject to impact from noise from commercial premises, or that mitigation would be possible without external alterations. The proposal therefore does not meet criteria (d) set out in paragraph MA.2. (2), Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  2. The applicant has failed to demonstrate the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses. In addition, due to the minimal number of windows, mostly oriented east/south, the depth of flats, and inaccurate plans that show non-existent roof lights, the proposal would not be considered to provide adequate natural light to all habitable rooms. The proposal therefore does not meet criteria (f) set out in paragraph MA.2. (2), Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RG30 1HX
Application type
Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Consultation expiry
6 January 2026
Consultation end
6 January 2026
Target decision date
6 January 2026
Application expires
4 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14554102
Documents
12

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 2: Medium 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.

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