Planning applications in Whitley and south Reading

South Reading takes in Whitley, Whitley Wood, Katesgrove and the streets around Northumberland Avenue and Northcourt Avenue. Most of it is in Reading Borough, although parts of RG2 towards Shinfield and Lower Earley fall within Wokingham Borough, so we confirm the council first.

Katesgrove is within the Article 4 area that removes the right to convert a house into a small HMO without permission, and the council applies a threshold of 25 percent HMOs within 50 metres. Elsewhere, loft conversions with rear dormers are common on the area's Victorian and interwar semis. Side windows are obscure glazed and fixed below 1.7 metres, and dormers are kept off the front roof slope, so they can often proceed as permitted development or with a straightforward householder application.

Our work here includes a loft conversion with a rear dormer and a garden outbuilding at 52 Northumberland Avenue, a garden gym at 18 Dawlish Road, a rear extension to a shop with a flat above at 63 Whitley Street, and a second phase of first floor extensions at 12B Northcourt Avenue.

For council wide policy, Article 4 directions and decision times, see our guide to planning in Reading.