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17 Christchurch Gardens, Reading

PL/26/0076Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for a temporary outbuilding, for a period of 2 years. (Amended description)

Received
23 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Katesgrove Ward
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target25 Feb
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 17 CHRISTCHURCH GARDENS, READING. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Christchurch conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Katesgrove Ward.

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

Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Consultation expiry
25 February 2026
Consultation end
25 February 2026
Target decision date
25 February 2026
Application expires
20 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14644251
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Christchurch
  • 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, 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

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© 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.

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