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2 Mill Green, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8EX

PL/26/0252Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 6 May 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Retrospective single storey rear extension and change of use to small HMO

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thames Ward
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 2 MILL GREEN, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8EX. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 9 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Thames Ward. We hold 820 applications in total for the RG4 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal due to its unacceptable design in the form of poor quality and unsympathetic external painting and rendering, and extension, and the contrived internal layout results in significant harm to the character and setting of a locally listed building. The rear extension deteriorates the harmony and composition of the site prior to the works which have been carried out, and the introduction of gravel to the side/rear garden and removal of the boundary treatment to facilitate additional parking spaces has deteriorated the green space which positively contributed to the setting of the locally listed building, and now results in visual harm to the setting and character of the dwelling, contrary to Policies CC7, EN4, EN6 and H8 of the Reading Local Plan (2019), Appendix 4 of the Residential Conversions SPD 2023 and Paragraph 216 of the NPPF 2024.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RG4 8EX
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
14 April 2026
Consultation end
14 April 2026
Target decision date
14 April 2026
Application expires
6 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14593381
Documents
5

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 3: High 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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