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Hamilton Academy, 40 Christchurch Road, Reading, RG2 7AY

PL/26/0304Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 October 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

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

Proposal

Site alterations including new hard and soft landscaping and electric gates (part retrospective).

Received
6 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Redlands Ward
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 204 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at HAMILTON ACADEMY, 40 CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, READING, RG2 7AY. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. This one was decided in 216 days, 23 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. The site is in 3 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 771 applications in total for the RG2 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
RG2 7AY
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation end
9 April 2026
Target decision date
9 April 2026
Application expires
13 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14738639
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 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 (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.

Source: Reading

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