Reading council has flagged unauthorised changes to the historic Colleys Supper Rooms building near Palmer Park after alterations were made without permission.
The changes to entrances and windows on St Bartholomews Road happened while the building was occupied by Matteo Greek Grill & Bakery, which appears to have been short-lived. The site is now Kado's Cafe, a move noted on Facebook by councillor Rob White (Green, Park).
An attempt to keep the altered entrances and windows was rejected by the council. The applicant for those changes was Jamshed Miah.
More flats for former offices near town centre (PL/26/1197)
At Regents Gate in Crown Street, permission on appeal was already granted to convert the offices into 29 flats. The owner has now won approval to add two two-bed flats on the third floor, bringing the total to 31.
Plan to create eight-bed HMO refused (PL/26/1123)
A proposal to add two rooms to a terraced house in Erleigh Road, creating an eight-bed house of multiple occupation, was refused. Planning officer Catrin Davies said one communal area would be inappropriate for that number of occupants and noted the house currently has seven bedrooms but permission for only five.
Use of room as tattoo studio approved (PL/26/1179)
A resident won permission to use a room in her New Hope Terrace home (Newport Road, Bell Tower area) as a tattoo studio. Planning officer Sian Hickey ruled this would not be a material change of use and so did not require planning permission.
You can view each decided application by typing the reference in brackets into the council's planning portal.
James Aldridge, Local Democracy Reporter
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