Blue Collar Corner, 15 Hosier Street, Reading, RG1 7QL
Proposal
Variation of condition 2 of application PL/21/0540 (Construction of new food and drink quarter (constructed using shipping containers) including restaurants and cafes (Class E) and Bar (Sui Generis) and use of external spaces for erection of beach huts, seating, new terrace, refuse store, customer toilets, pergola, landscaping, boundary treatment and associated works) - To enable the continued operation of Blue Collar Bar beyond the initial 5 year limit imposed by Condition 2.
- Received
- 29 April 2026
- Decided
- 27 August 2026 · Approve
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Ward
- Abbey Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted29 Apr
- ValidatedValidated29 Apr
- Consult.Consultation21 May
- TargetTarget Date21 May
- DecidedDecided27 Aug
Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)
This is an application to vary a condition at BLUE COLLAR CORNER, 15 HOSIER STREET, READING, RG1 7QL. Reading has handled 188 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 60 days. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than Reading's median. The site is in 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across Abbey Ward. We hold 450 applications in total for the RG1 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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