Planning and building control

Service update

Regulations require Local Planning Authorities to notify neighbours of planning applications submitted by either posting letters to neighbours whose boundary adjoins the application site or placing a notice on site. Reading Borough Council has for many years used both methods in most cases by writing to neighbours and sending a notice to the applicant for them to display.
Policy Committee on 21 October however agreed that the council’s practice of sending neighbour letters could stop (to save officer time, and stationery and postage costs). It will be the responsibility of the case officer to make sure site notices are displayed correctly.
Please look out for yellow site notices being displayed and make use of the QR code to access the information about the application to see if you want to make a comment.