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92 Audley Street, Reading

PL/26/0356Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghousesRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 7 May 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 10 flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.

Received
17 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tilehurst Ward
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 92 AUDLEY STREET, READING. Reading has handled 182 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Reading's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Tilehurst Ward.

90% of outline 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 applicant has failed to satisfactorily demonstrate that future occupiers of the proposed development would not be subject to impact from noise from commercial premises. Therefore, the proposal gives rise to unacceptable harm to the living conditions of future occupiers, contrary to the requirements of paragraph MA.2 (2) (d) of Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), Policies CC8 and EN16 of the Reading Borough Local Plan 2019 and the advice contained within the NPPF 2024 (para 198).
  2. The applicant has failed to satisfactorily demonstrate the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the proposed dwellinghouses. Therefore, the proposal gives rise to unacceptable harm to the living conditions of future occupiers, contrary to the requirements of paragraph MA.2 (2) (f) of Schedule 2, Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), Policy CC8 of the Reading Borough Local Plan 2019 and the advice contained within the NPPF 2024 (paras 135 and 198).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
10

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Consultation expiry
8 April 2026
Consultation end
8 April 2026
Target decision date
8 April 2026
Application expires
12 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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