Developers have been busy with plans to build individual new homes in the town this week as well as plans to cut back a Japanese tree.
A plan for a single new home has sprung up in West Reading, and a builder has applied to make changes to a nearly complete new home in Whitley.
The week also saw a planning applications committee meeting on Wednesday, January 10.
Councillors approved the continued use of a temporary teaching block at a school during the meeting.
You can view the applications featured by typing the reference in brackets into the council’s planning portal.
New home to rear of terraces in West Reading (231627)
Jude Property Services has applied to build a new three-bedroom home in West Reading.
The project involves building on space to the rear of terraces in Wantage Road, with the proposed house being accessed from Wilson Road.
This is the third time a plan for the site has been submitted. Planning consent was granted to build two semi-detached homes there in 2016, which subsequently lapsed.
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After that, the developer had an appeal against the council’s non-determination of a similar plan dismissed.
Jude Property Services hopes that the reduced scale of the three-bedroom home will satisfy the council’s planning department.
Redesign for nearly completed new home in Whitley (231554)
Here, the developer ‘Best Homes UK’ has applied to make changes to a nearly completed new home in Whitley.
Best Homes UK won approval to build a new three-bedroom, end-of-terrace home in Modbury Gardens in February 2022.
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Work on the exterior of the home is nearly finished, but the developer has applied to reposition the entrance from the front to the side of the new house.
Additionally, a revised landscaping scheme has been submitted for the house, which has been built on the front and side garden of one of the existing homes.
Temporary block use at Caversham school approved (231494)
The property management department at the council has won permission for a temporary teaching building at Thameside Primary School in Caversham to be retained.
The modular building contains a double classroom used for teaching special educational needs (SEN) pupils.
Cllr Richard Davies (Labour, Caversham) said: “It’s a really great school which has got good SEN provision.
“I’m more than happy for this to carry on and so are residents and parents of kids who use the school.”
The retention of the block was approved unanimously by the planning committee, meaning it can stay on the site for five years.
Works to council-owned tree in Caversham approved
The planning applications committee also approved cutting works to a council-owned Japanese pagoda tree.
Sarah Hanson, the council’s natural environment officer, applied for the work after spotting fungal brackets at the base and alongside cavities of the tree in Chazey Road in Caversham Heights.
The works involve reducing the crown and secondary growth points of the tree.
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