A plan that was debated by members of Reading Borough Council’s planning department last January is moving ahead.
In the town centre, designs have been approved for an interactive darts bar to come to the One Station Hill building.
These are just some of the planning decisions made in the area recently.
Further afield, progress is being made on a new Five Guys in Winnersh, and a former office building is set to have work done to create nearly 100 flats.
You can view each application by typing the reference in brackets into the relevant council’s planning portal.
Bungalow set to make way for nine homes (Reading app PL/23/0974)
The bungalow in Newcastle Road, Reading as it looks currently.
A bungalow is due to be demolished to make way for two terraces, creating nine homes in the Hexham Road estate.
The existing building in Newcastle Road will be bulldozed and replaced with five four-bed and four two-bed homes on an unused patch of land.
The plan to replace 19 Newcastle Road, Reading with nine new homes.
The homes will be built next to the allotments to the rear of Cintra Park, with the project being approved subject to a legal agreement in January 2024.
The agreement and minor revisions to the plan were approved on December 10. People were still living in the bungalow in September.
Designs for darts bar approved (Reading app PL/25/1467)
Friends enjoy the launch of the Flight Club interactive darts bar in Glasgow, Scotland. (Image: Flight Club)
The advertising and designs for the upcoming Flights Club interactive darts bar have been given the go-ahead.
The venue will occupy the One Station Hill building in the town centre.
The exterior plan for Flight Club to come to the One Station Hill building in Reading town centre. (Image: Red Engine)
Plans show 40 seats, a canopy and planting outdoors at the venue, which has spread throughout Great Britain, Ireland, the USA and Australia.
The advertising additions to the building were considered acceptable by a council planning officer, with the changes being approved on December 9.
Advertising for Five Guys approved (Wokingham app 252012)
The relocation of the Costa Coffee sign at the Showcase Cinema site in Winnersh. (Image: Hurstwood Design Group)
Advertising and signage for the Five Guys drive-thru at the Showcase Cinema site in Winnersh has been approved.
A Wokingham planning officer noted that while the amount of advertising is substantial, it is in an out-of-settlement location and would be required to properly direct drive-thru service users.
Progress made for Five Guys coming to Winnersh Showcase Cinema
They concluded that the signage, including a totem pole, would be acceptable, provided the illumination levels are limited.
The advertising plan was approved on December 10.
Former offices set to be transformed into 94 flats (Wokingham app 251814)
Regus in Thames Valley Park, Earley. (Image: Google Maps)
An office building at Thames Valley Park in Earley is set to be transformed into apartments.
A plan to convert the Regus office into 62 flats was approved earlier this year, but a two-storey extension plan was rejected at that time.
Office in business park on outskirts of Reading could become 94 flats
However, a subsequent application to add 32 flats submitted in July was approved by Wokingham council on December 2.
The building will total six storeys once the project is complete.
