Housing association Abri is currently undertaking a project to build a new apartment building in walking distance to the town centre, with groundwork details recently being approved.
Elsewhere, a plan to convert the floors above a recruitment agency into flats has been approved, and a landlord has received confirmation that a property he owns has been converted into flats as well.
You can view each approved application by typing the reference number in brackets into Reading Borough Council’s planning portal.
Progress for affordable homes (PL/24/1082)
115 Chatham Street, Reading during the demolition phase. Credit: Google Maps
Abri is making progress on its project to build 54 affordable homes in Chatham Street.
The development replaces a two-storey office building and a two-storey warehouse that was previously on the site, located between Chatham Street Surgery and The Butler pub.
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Information submitted by Abri relating to groundwork remediation was approved by the council on March 31.
Once complete, the new apartment building will contain 27 one-bedroom, 25 two-bedroom and two three-bedroom flats.
Flats above recruitment agency approved (PL/22/1623)
The building in London Street, Reading where offices are set to be converted into two one-bed flats. (Image: Google Maps)
A plan to convert unused offices in London Street into two one-bedroom flats has been approved.
The ground floor of the building is currently occupied by the Contract Options recruitment agency.
Now, the owner has won approval to convert the first and second floors of the building into flats.
Each flat will come with a double bed, bathroom and open plan kitchen and living facilities.
House confirmed to contain five flats in Whitley (PL/24/1722)
The house in Cressingham Road, Whitley, which has conformation that it has been converted into four flats, with an annexe providing a studio home. (Image: Google Maps)
The owner of a house in Cressingham Road, Whitley has won confirmation that it has been converted into five flats.
The premises is made up of two one-bed flats on the ground floor, a studio and a one-bed flat on the first floor, and a studio flat in an annexe.
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Planning officer Alison Amoah wrote: “The premises has been in continuous use as five flats for a period of at least four years.”
The owner was therefore granted a legal certificate confirming its status on March 26.
Work continues on homes that replace former Carters store (PL/25/0005)
What the Caversham Road frontage would look like at the Carters site in Reading. Credit: RM_A
Work is continuing at the Bellway Homes project to build 60 homes at the site of the former Carters store in Caversham Road.
The project has recently been criticised by an architectural designer for ‘poor’ brickwork.
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The developer Bellway Homes had its noise assessment and details of mechanical plant equipment approved by the council on March 31.
It replaces the Carters outdoor activity store that had 199 years of history in Berkshire before closing in 2019.
