78 Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG2 0EL

Planning appeal 3359426 at 78 Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG2 0EL (Reading Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 September 2025 by Inspector Reeves K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the appeal building and area.

roof enlargement to facilitate the insertion of 3 rear dormers, single storey rear extensions to the existing HMO and the erection of an outbuilding

Authority: Reading Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Reeves K
Postcode: RG2 0EL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the appeal building and area
the living conditions of the occupiers of the neighbouring property having regard to outlook

What decided it

The roof enlargement with three rear dormers would create unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the building and area through visually jarring and incongruous massing that conflicts with Policy CC7.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CC7Policy CC8

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 applied

The 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.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

151 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial