The disused pump station by 20 Chazey Road A plan to demolish a disused pumping station and build a ‘cramped’ and ‘harmful’ house has been refused by the council. The three-bed house proposal to replace the pumping station by 20 Chazey Road, in Caversham, were rejected on Friday, January 29. Reading Borough Council (RBC) planning officers said the new site would be “overdeveloped and would appear harmful to the character of the surrounding area”. Officers said: “Due to the small size of the site, it is considered that the proposed house would appear cramped within the plot and would have an uncharacteristic relationship with the existing built form and spaces within Chazey Road.