Reading Borough Council approved plans to regenerate the Wensley Road estate in Coley in December 2020, with crucial details recently being approved as the development nears completion.
Elsewhere, offices above a hair salon in the town centre will be converted into flats, and new homes will be created in Caversham and East Reading.
You can view each decided application by typing the reference in brackets into the council’s portal.
Latest on ongoing Coley council homes project (PL/25/0712)
The 46 new council homes created as part of the Wensley Road redevelopment project in Coley. The homes remain barricaded off until the project is complete. (Image: Grace Gomez)
The council’s project to build 46 new homes in Wensley Road, Coley, is nearing completion.
Photos by Grace Gomez, founder of the New Beginnings charity, show new terraced and detached houses sealed off by barriers while contractors make finishing touches.
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The latest news is that details of the sustainable drainage strategy for the development were approved on May 16.
The project also involves upgrades to the Coley high-rise flats, with £9.9 million being spent on more efficient insulation and triple-glazed windows.
Flats above hair salon approved (PL/25/0455)
Approved floor plans to convert 5-9 Merchants Place in Reading town centre into six one-bed flats. (Image: Blue Architecture)
The offices above Ruby Reds hairdressing salon are set to be converted into flats.
The building, 5-9 Merchants Place, is a four-storey building containing the salon and floors that were previously used as offices above.
Now the offices are set to be converted into six one-bed flats, with each containing a kitchen, living room and a shower toilet.
Planning officer Ethne Humphreys judged the conversion to be acceptable in terms of space and natural light access for future occupants, with the project receiving approval on May 19.
Two new three-bed homes in Caversham (PL/22/0451)
The approved elevations for two new three-bed semi-detached homes to the rear of Woods Road in Caversham. (Image: Spires Architects)
Housebuilding company Bockmer Developments has won permission to build two new three-bed homes next to Reading Cemetery in Caversham.
The homes will be semi-detached, contained in one new building accessed from Orchard Grove.
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Each will come with two parking spaces, with one electric vehicle charging point being provided for each dwelling.
The homes will be built on an unused patch of land to the rear of Woods Road.
Extension to add new bedrooms to home in East Reading (PL/25/0051)
The four bed HMO in St Peters Road, East Reading. A plan has been approved for extensions to create two new bedrooms. (Image: Reading Borough Council)
The owner of a home of multiple occupation (HMO) in St Peter’s Avenue has won permission to add bedrooms to the home.
The semi-detached house is currently used as an HMO for four people, who share cooking facilities and a dining room.
Now, the owner has won approval for a two-storey rear extension and internal modifications to create two new bedrooms, turning the house into a six-bedroom HMO.
