The redevelopment of a stately mansion into retirement homes in Caversham has been given the go-ahead four years after the project emerged.
Beechcroft Developments has won final permission to transform Caversham Park into a retirement living complex.
That is just one of the important planning applications that have been decided in Reading recently.
Elsewhere in Caversham, the conversion of a shop into a tanning and beauty salon has been approved.
Out west, the former Tilehurst Club in Kentwood Hill is set to be converted into a place for church services for Nepalis.
You can view each decided application by typing the reference in brackets into the council’s planning portal.
Caversham Park redevelopment (PL/22/0409)
The redevelopment of Caversham Park to create a retirement complex has been approved.
Tanning salon taking over former restaurant (PL/25/1211)
A beauty and tanning salon is taking over the unit previously occupied by the Happy Diner in Caversham.
The unit in Prospect Street has been vacant since November 2022.
Assessing the conversion, planning officer Ethne Humprheys judged: “The use would maintain the vitality and viability of the centre. It would not harm the character of the area, would not harm neighbouring amenity and would be acceptable from a transport perspective.”
The project was duly approved on February 5.
Club set to be turned into Christian worship space (PL/25/1260)
The Tilehurst Club in Kentwood Hill is due to be converted for Christian worship.
The building served as a members-only social club established in 1906, which serving as a community hub for over a century, before closing in March 2024.
The Berachah International Christian Fellowship has won permission to convert for their services and activities.
The fellowship is a Nepali Christian organisation that is currently based at Providence Chapel in Oxford Road.
Printing facility conversion into flats refused (PL/25/1771)
A plan to convert a building previously used by the Valpee Printers business into two one-bed homes has been rejected.
The single-storey building is located in Tidmarsh Street off Oxford Road.
The plan to convert it was rejected as the applicant did not demonstrate that sufficient light would be provided to habitable rooms.
