Plans for 209 riverside homes in Reading are rejected
An artist s impression of the 209 homes developers want to build in Vastern Road, Reading Plans to build 209 homes next to the River Thames in Reading have been rejected. Berkeley Homes applied for planning permission to construct a two-bedroom house, six blocks of flats and a riverside cafe on a vacant site in Vastern Road, that was once occupied by a Victorian power station. According to the plans, the largest block would be 11 storeys tall and contain 78 flats. To make way for the development, the company planned to demolish the three-story office building – that was recently occupied by Southern & Scottish Electricity Networks – and the locally listed entrance building.
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Reading Borough Council’s Planning Applications Committee approved them when it met on Wednesday, January 13. The decisions will allow developers to press ahead with five exciting projects, that will provide hundreds of homes.
Next step of the £750 million Station Hill redevelopment Lincoln MGT was granted permission to demolish the NCP car park on Garrard Street and build an 18-storey office block and a pocket park, during phase two of the project. A 70-space car park will also be built. Work on the 125-metre-tall building, called One Station Hill, will begin in the spring and it is due to be completed in 2024.
An artist s impression of what the Station Hill redevelopment will look like PLANS for the next step of the £750 million redevelopment of Station Hill in Reading have been given the green light. The NCP car park on Garrard Street will be demolished to make way for an 18-storey office block and a pocket park, during phase two of the project. Work on the 125-metre-tall building, called One Station Hill, will begin in the spring and it is due to be completed in 2024. A 70-space car park will also be built. Those plans, submitted by Lincoln MGT, were approved by Reading Borough Council’s Planning Applications Committee meeting on January 13.