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PL/26/0036Removal/variation of conditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 June 2026

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

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

Proposal

Extension to the existing Berkshire Record Office and associated site works. {Variation to conditions 2 (Approved plans), 3 (Materials), 7.b (Green or Brown Roof) and 10 (Mechanical Plant) of application PL/21/1485}

Received
14 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coley Ward
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 136 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at ROYAL BERKSHIRE ARCHIVES, 9 COLEY AVENUE, READING, RG1 6AF. Reading has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 163 days, 15 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. The site is in the Russell Street and Castle Hill conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Coley Ward. We hold 481 applications in total for the RG1 postcode area.

93% of conditions 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 6AF
Application type
Removal/variation of conditions
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Consultation expiry
3 March 2026
Consultation end
3 March 2026
Target decision date
3 March 2026
Application expires
7 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14620931
Documents
19

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
  • 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 (20)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    21 Sep

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 10 (Mechanical Plant) of PL/26/0036

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPL/26/1259
  2. 2026
    14 Jan

    Extension to the existing Berkshire Record Office and associated site works. {Variation to conditions 2…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsPL/26/0036

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