A vacant funeral directors just south of the town centre could be demolished, with a four-storey block of flats built in its place.
Perfect Property Developments has submitted plans to Reading Borough Council (RBC) to demolish 75-81 Southampton Street, previously home to Co-Op Funeralcare, and build 19 homes.
The empty building would be replaced with a four-storey block of 19 flats containing six one-bed flats, seven two-bed apartments, and six three-bed flats.
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The flats would have a shared central, lobby, stairs, lift, and garden.
Green homes
The plan includes a series of environmentally-focused initiatives.
The block of flats would have air-source heat pumps, reducing the carbon footprint of the development and providing heating and cooling for the homes.
Other plans include “green walls and roofs, native/naturalised planting, trees selected to provide a range of ecological and aesthetic benefits and growth habits, ecological interventions such as bird boxes, insect houses and a low intensity maintenance regime”.
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The development will also be car-free, encouraging walking, cycling (cycle storage will be provided) and public transport use – while there will also be nearby car club services.
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