®Planning appeal decision
48 Cardigan Road, Reading, RG1 5QL
Planning appeal 3319441 at 48 Cardigan Road, Reading, RG1 5QL (Reading Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 September 2023 by Inspector Phillips B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers, with respect to light, outlook, noise and disturbance and the quality of internal space.
a ‘change of use from C3 to a 4-bedroom C4 HMO with minor interior amendments and rear extension (amended)
- Authority
- Reading Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Phillips B
- Postcode
- RG1 5QL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers, with respect to light, outlook, noise and disturbance and the quality of internal space
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that bedroom 3 would be provided with appropriate internal ceiling height and floorspace in accordance with the Residential Conversions SPD, resulting in inadequate living conditions for future occupiers.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CC8Policy H8
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in Reading Borough Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Allowed19 October 20266002958Pavement O/S 201 Broad Street, Reading, RG1 7QA
- Allowed19 October 20266002957Pavement O/S 201 Broad Street, Reading, RG1 7QA
- Dismissed19 October 20266002956Pavement O/S The Range,, Vastern Road,, Reading, RG1 8AL
- Dismissed19 October 20266002955Pavement O/S The Range,, Vastern Road,, Reading, RG1 8AL
- Dismissed25 September 2026601462565a Bedford Road, Reading, RG1 7EX
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.