Reading Borough Council has recently added three sites with links to Huntley & Palmers biscuits to its list of Locally Important Buildings and Structures. 2022 is the bi-centenary of the establishment of the business by Joseph Huntley on London Street. A programme to celebrate 200 years of Reading 'Biscuit Town' has been launched and Reading's… Continue reading Three new local heritage listings with Huntley & Palmers links
Category: Local Listing
88 Broad Street – planning application withdrawn
A planning application (211241) for a new front entrance and changes to the front elevation of 88 Broad Street was withdrawn on 8 February 2022. 88 Broad Street Reading CAAC stated in our objection to the application: The documentation supplied is inadequate to form a considered opinion of the full impact of the changes proposed.For… Continue reading 88 Broad Street – planning application withdrawn
Local Listing of 85-88 Broad Street
Reading Planning Applications Committee on 12 January 2022 approved Reading CAAC's nomination of the addition of 85-88 Broad Street to Reading's List of Locally Important Buildings and Structures. L to R: 88-84 Broad Street The reasons for the listing are summarised in the committee report (para 4.4) as that the group of four shops: Is… Continue reading Local Listing of 85-88 Broad Street
On the first day of Christmas…
...my true love sent to me: an Inner Distribution Road. IDR flyover at the foot of Southampton Street looking north Reading's Inner Distribution Road (IDR) encircles the town centre and has very few admirers but as a route around the town centre it takes in some of Reading's most important heritage sites. Construction began at… Continue reading On the first day of Christmas…
Planning Inspector dismisses appeal against refusal of Drews redevelopment
71-73 Caversham Road - former Drews warehouse The Government's Planning Inspector on 14 May dismissed the appeal against Reading Borough Council's (RBC) refusal of planning permission to redevelop the former Drews site at the corner of Caversham Road and Northfield Road. Redevelopment would have demolished the Drews warehouse but retained the buildings at the rear… Continue reading Planning Inspector dismisses appeal against refusal of Drews redevelopment
Reading Conservation Area Advisory Committee 