62-66 Queens Road, Reading, RG1 4AZ

PL/25/1850Full planning permissionAwaiting decision

Full

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

Proposal

Change of use of first floor from Class E commercial to Residential use to provide 1 No. one bedroom flat and 2 No. two bedroom flats

Received: 23 December 2025
Decision due: 17 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Reading Borough Council
Ward: Redlands Ward

ReceivedReceived23 Dec
ValidatedValidated5 Jan
Consult.Consultation2 Feb
TargetTarget Date17 Feb
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 62-66 Queens Road , Reading, RG1 4AZ. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Redlands 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 4AZ
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 2 February 2026
Consultation end: 2 February 2026
Application expires: 5 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 59 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14549171
Documents: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Brownfield land register: 54 Queens Road, 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 (21)

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 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.

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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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