Historic buildings near St Laurence Church are in the process of being brought back into use as apartments and a new pub.
The company in charge of the development has recently had its plans for the courtyard greenlit.
That is just one of the plans that have been given the go-ahead by Reading Borough Council recently.
Elsewhere, solar panels have been approved as part of a project to bring a church building back into use, and a cash machine installation has received consent despite it being put up without permission.
You can view each approved application by typing the reference in brackets into the council’s planning portal.
Plans for courtyard of new town centre pub approved (PL/26/0564)
Hard and soft landscaping for the project to bring the Coopers Arms and neighbouring buildings in (Image: JDW Architects)
The details of how the courtyard of an upcoming pub in Market Place will be managed have been determined.
A project is currently live to create flats and turn the Coopers Arms into a new pub.
This will come with a courtyard area to the rear.
Progress to bring closed town centre pub and shops back into use
On how the area will be managed, an agent from JDW Architects stated: “The use of the courtyard shall remain ancillary to the operation of the pub and shall not be used for live music, DJs, public entertainment or other externally amplified events unless separately approved by the council and authorised under the appropriate licensing regime.”
These details were considered to be acceptable and were given the go-ahead by the council on September 28.
New solar panels for church (PL/26/1024)
The solar panel plan for the St Barnabas Church building in Elm Road, Reading. (Image: Reading Gateway Church / planning application PL/26/1024)
Solar panels are set to be installed on a church building that is undergoing a transformation to bring it back into use.
St Barnabas Church in Elm Road is owned by Reading Gateway Church, which closed for worship last year due to a boiler failure.
Nick Hill, the rector of the church, has announced that it is being converted into a community hub.
The church won permission to install 36 black photovoltaic panels on the pitch roof from the council on September 25.
ATM for barber shop approved (PL/26/0849)
The ATM cash machine at Bladez barbers, situated at the junction of Caversham Road and York Road in Reading. (Image: Reading Borough Council)
A cash machine that was installed on a building that is currently occupied by a barber shop has been approved despite it being put there without the council’s permission.
The building is at the junction of Caversham Road and York Road, and previously served as a scooter shop and grocers.
An ATM was installed there on May 11 without the council’s consent.
The ATM and wider shopfront changes were assessed by planning officer Huimin Chen, who found them to be acceptable.
Whitley home enlargement approved (PL/26/0966)
The existing extension to the semi-detached home in Foxhays Road, Whitley. (Image: Reading Borough Council)
The owner of a semi-detached house in Foxhays Road has won permission to replace an existing extension to enlarge the house.
The project involves the demolition of the existing extension and replacing it with a new one to facilitate a bedroom and shower room on the ground floor.
Mr Chen stated the new extension would be modest in scale. It was therefore approved on September 29.
