Alexander House 205-207 Kings Road, Reading, RG1 4LS

Planning appeal 3291549 at Alexander House 205-207 Kings Road, Reading, RG1 4LS (Reading Borough Council) was allowed on 22 November 2022 by Inspector Conde L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether prior approval should be granted having regard to the requirement to provide adequate natural light in all habitable rooms.

Change of use from office use Class B1a to residential use Class C3 to create 13 new residential dwellings. These are created 11 within the roofspace of the building and a further 2 units on Ground and 1st Floor. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015

Authority: Reading Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Conde L
Postcode: RG1 4LS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether prior approval should be granted having regard to the requirement to provide adequate natural light in all habitable rooms

What decided it

A condition requiring the residential use not to commence until the separate operational development approved under planning permission 210885 is complete is reasonably related to the subject matter of prior approval and can secure the necessary provision of adequate natural light to all habitable rooms.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 56

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