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Regents Gate, 25-41 Crown Street, Reading, RG1 2PQ

PL/26/1197Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghousesApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 29 October 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions3 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of 3rd Floor from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 2 x 2-bed flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.

Received
4 September 2026
Ward
Katesgrove Ward
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at REGENTS GATE, 25-41 CROWN STREET, READING, RG1 2PQ. Reading has handled 5 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 481 applications in total for the RG1 postcode area.

91% of all 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
RG1 2PQ
Application type
Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
DANKS BADNELL ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: Land at corner of Newark Street and Crown Street, 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 (21)

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 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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