24 Fontwell Drive, Reading, RG30 4QR

PL/26/0710Householder planning permissionApproved

Householder

Approved on 24 July 2026

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

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

Proposal

Proposed erection of a rear extension and conversion of the garage to ancillary accommodation, incorporating a 3.0m parapet flat roof and alterations to fenestration.

Received: 29 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Reading Borough Council
Ward: Southcote Ward

ReceivedReceived29 May
ValidatedValidated29 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date29 May
DecidedDecided24 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 24 FONTWELL DRIVE, READING, RG30 4QR. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Southcote Ward. We hold 270 applications in total for the RG30 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: RG30 4QR
Application type: Householder planning permission

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 May 2026
Target decision date: 29 May 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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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