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48 Valentine Crescent, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5JJ

PL/26/1273Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extensionApproved

Approved on 9 November 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required

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

Proposal

Rear extension measuring 5m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.86m, and 3m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

Received
23 September 2026
Ward
Caversham Ward
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a rear extension at 48 VALENTINE CRESCENT, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5JJ. Reading has handled 5 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Reading's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Caversham Ward. We hold 820 applications in total for the RG4 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
RG4 5JJ
Application type
Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extension

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

© 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.

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