Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Council planning record
Brightwell House 40 Queens Road Reading
Last published check: 13 Oct 2026, 19:24. Check the council record for more recent changes.
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
A published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceExternal and internal works associated with conversion of front part of the ground floor and the whole of the basement from a Clinic (ClassD1) to create a 2 bedroom duplex apartment (Class C3), including relocating the basement stair, installing two sun-pipes down to the basement, and modifying the lightwell parapet at the front of the property.
Sign in to view all collected council fields and recorded changes.
Sign in to view collected detailsBrightwell House 40 Queens Road Reading
This record has no verified map location.
| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Supporting DocumentsSupporting Documents · PDF | 30 Aug 2016 | View |
| Existing PlansExisting Plans · PDF | 19 Sept 2016 | View |
| Location planLocation plan · PDF | 19 Sept 2016 | View |
| Existing PlansExisting Plans · PDF | 30 Aug 2016 | View |
| Design and Access StatementDesign and Access Statement · PDF | 30 Aug 2016 | View |
| Planning Officer reportPlanning Officer report · PDF | 20 Jan 2017 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice · PDF | 20 Jan 2017 | View |
Documents open on the council website. Browse council documents if a link has changed.
Conditions aren’t listed here. Read the council decision notice for the full decision and conditions.
No related records were published in this section.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications. Compare status labels and find the documents explaining each outcome.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.