A controversial plan for a drive-thru ‘pod’ in Scours Lane near the Norcot junction was approved by the government in Spring 2024.
But the project is currently being held up due to disagreements between the applicants and Reading Borough Council.
That is just one of the planning updates that have taken place recently.
Elsewhere, the owners of a home in Caversham who previously applied to knock it down have won permission to make improvements, and defunct offices near the town centre will be turned into flats.
You can view each decided application by typing the reference in brackets into the council’s planning portal.
Drive-thru ‘pod’ plans held up (PL/25/1510 and PL/25/1712)
The grassland off Scours Lane at the Stadium Way Industrial Estate in Norcot. (Image: James Aldridge, Local Democracy Reporting Service)
Plans for a drive-thru food takeaway near the Stadium Way Industrial Estate are being held up due to disagreements with the council over materials used for the ‘pod’ building.
The Cube Real Estate planning company won permission for the pod to be built on grassland off Scours Lane in Tilehurst following an appeal to the planning inspectorate that was approved in Spring 2024.
Plan for Starbucks to take over controversial drive thru café put on hold
Detailed plans for the development have been submitted since then.
However, the council has refused plans for the external materials and hard and soft landscaping for the project.
Extensions to Caversham home approved (PL/25/1524)
The bungalow in Conisboro Way, Caversham Heights. (Image: JDRM Architects)
A couple who own a home in Caversham have won permission for an extension and two outbuildings.
They currently own a bungalow in Conisboro Way, a private road in Caversham Heights.
One of the outbuildings will create space for a hobby room, an office and a study, and the other will be used as a greenhouse. The extension will create more living space for the bungalow.
These additions have been approved under permitted development rights.
The couple had their plan for a state-of-the-art modern home rejected in 2024, with an appeal being dismissed last May.
Office conversion into three flats (PL/24/1409)
The Havell House offices in Queens Road, Reading, subject of a plan to convert one of the floors into flats (Image: Google Maps)
The owner of the Havell House building near the town centre has won permission to convert the second floor into three flats.
The building in Queens Road is occupied by the Transform Cosmetic Surgery and The Free Test Company.
Now the owner has won approval for the second floor to be converted into a one-bed flat and two two-bed apartments.
A permission to convert the third floor into two flats was approved in October 2024.
Details of new windows for historic house approved (PL/25/0289 and PL/25/0290)
85 London Road in Reading.
Details for the materials that will be used to replace windows at a historic house in East Reading have been approved.
The house in London Road is Grade II listed as it dates back to the 1800s and its unique frontage.
The owner has achieved planning approval and listed building consent for the conservation-style double-glazed windows first approved in April 2023.
