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University Of Reading, J J Thomson Building Shinfield Road Reading Reading RG6 6ED

260985Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 May 2026

Council decision: Approve

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

Proposal

Application for non-material amendment to planning consent 251414 to allow adjustments to double gates accessing; repositioning of fence line, lamp post and switch panel/GRP cabinet; installation of a fire resisting fence around oil tank; changes to materials.

Received
22 April 2026
Ward
Hillside
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 20 days

About this application

This is a planning application at University Of Reading, J J Thomson Building Shinfield Road Reading Reading RG6 6ED. Wokingham has handled 8,381 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than Wokingham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Hillside. We hold 694 applications in total for the RG6 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RG6 6ED
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Earley

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2026
Consultation expiry
16 May 2026
Consultation start
24 April 2026
Consultation end
16 May 2026
Application expires
20 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
First Floor Building Lo14 London Road Campus London Road, Reading RG1 5AQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Connie Davis
Statutory period
28 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Documents
11

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: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

Source: Wokingham

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