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Southcote Lodge, Burghfield Road, Reading

PL/26/0980Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 21 September 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Installation of wiring for broadband internet.

Received
22 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southcote Ward
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at SOUTHCOTE LODGE, BURGHFIELD ROAD, READING. Reading has handled 47 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Reading's typical decision time. The site is in the Market Place and London Street conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Southcote Ward.

95% of heritage 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

Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Target decision date
18 August 2026
Application expires
21 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15102193
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Market Place and London Street
  • Listed building: Grade II: Queen Victoria Jubilee StatueOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Bristol and West Arcade, 173-175 Friar Street and 27-32 Market Place, ReadingRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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