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20 Send Road, Caversham, Reading

PL/26/0426Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use or DevelopmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 23 October 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of land for dayroom and 2no. mobile homes

Received
30 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thames Ward
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 207 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 20 SEND ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING. Reading has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 207 days, 22 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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.

82% of amendment 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 use of the land for the stationing of residential mobile homes is the subject of two extant enforcement notices which requires the cessation of the residential use of the land and the removal of the mobile home and caravan and dayroom. By virtue of Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, development cannot be lawful where it is in contravention of an enforcement notice which remains in force. As the use described in the application remains subject to that enforcement notice, the Local Planning Authority is not satisfied that the use is lawful and the Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use or Development is refused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RG4 8EH
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use or Development
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2026
Consultation expiry
29 April 2026
Consultation end
29 April 2026
Target decision date
29 April 2026
Application expires
25 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14818755
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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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