A hotel near Reading town centre could be turned into flats for permanent residents.
A plan has been submitted to convert The Belle Vue Hotel in Tilehurst Road into seven homes.
In the university area, a closed car sales business is set to be occupied by another company.
Elsewhere, separate applications have been submitted to convert houses into children’s homes in Tilehurst and Earley.
You can view each application featured by typing the reference in brackets into the council’s planning portal.
Conversion of hotel into flats (PL/25/0546)
An application has been submitted to convert The Belle Vue Hotel in Tilehurst Road – which is Grade II listed- into seven one-bed flats.
The hotel is listed as it dates back to the 1800s and has unique characteristics.
Each flat would come with a separate bed, kitchen and living room.
New occupants would be provided with three car parking spaces and eight cycle parking spaces.
Closed car business office set to be reoccupied (PL/25/0531)
The Donnington Cars business that closed last year is due to be reoccupied by another business.
The sales area and the forecourt at the junction of Erleigh Road and Donnington Road would be kept the same for the new occupant.
An agent from Tony Thorpe Associates indicated the building could be occupied by a food business.
The agent wrote: “The established commercial use of the forecourt will continue and if (for example) the unit is let for the sale of food and drink then it is anticipated that tables and chairs may be positioned there in a similar fashion to nearby Café Yolk and the Monkey Lounge.”
Conversion of house into childrens home in Tilehurst (PL/25/0471)
Brighter Futures for Children, Reading council’s children’s services company, has applied to convert a house in Honey End Lane into a four-bed children’s home.
The conversion project would involve internal refurbishment, alterations to the front and landscaping works.
An existing integrated garage would be converted into a living room for future occupants.
Childrens home in Earley (Wokingham app 250246)
A house in Elm Road, Earley could also be converted into a home for three children.
They would be looked after by carers working on a rota basis, with one of the four existing bedrooms being converted into an office.
A verdict on the project would be made by Wokingham Borough Council’s planning department.
Reading Borough Council has been consulted on the conversion project to its proximity with the borough boundary.
Planning officer Richard Eatough recommended the applicants limiting staff shift changeover to reasonable hours and focus on providing cycle parking as well as car parking for staff.
You can view the application by typing the reference above into Wokingham counci’s planning portal.
