8 Commercial Road, Reading, RG2 0QZ
Proposal
Building alterations, including changes to the position and size of existing window and door openings, the creation of new window and door openings, installation of a recessed electric vehicle charging point, installation of profiled cladding to the elevations, installation of roof-mounted photovoltaic solar panels, and construction of a new service yard canopy to the rear.
- Received
- 3 September 2026
- Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Ward
- Whitley Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted3 Sep
- ValidatedValidated5 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
This is a planning application for a solar installation at 8 COMMERCIAL ROAD, READING, RG2 0QZ. Reading has handled 27 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. It was submitted on 3 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Whitley Ward. We hold 757 applications in total for the RG2 postcode area.
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- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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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