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Forum 1 Station Road Theale Reading RG7 4RA

25/02678/PACOUPrior Approval for Change of UseAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior Notification requirement under Part MA of the GPDO for the change of use of Class E space to form 99 apartments.

Received
19 November 2025
Decision due
14 January 2026
Public comments
8
Ward
Theale
Agent
Allen Planning Ltd
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 6 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (46)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Forum 1 Station Road Theale Reading RG7 4RA. West Berkshire has handled 214 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Theale. We hold 1,947 applications in total for the RG7 postcode area.

88% of amendment applications at West Berkshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RG7 4RA
Application type
Prior Approval for Change of Use
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
99
Parish
Theale Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Consultation expiry
6 March 2026
Consultation end
6 March 2026
Last date for comments
6 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Allen Planning Ltd
Agent address
Harrogate Business Centre Hammerain House Hookstone Avenue Harrogate Yorkshire HG2 8ER United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 December 2025
Site notice end
2 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
46
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Forum 1, Station Road, Theale RG7 4RARegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    5 Feb

    Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 25/01487/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment26/00272/NONMAT

Source: West Berkshire

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