\n The offices at the former Huntley & Palmer factory site at 121 Kings Road are progressively being turned into housing.\n<\/p>\n
\n The latest news from the site is that the distinctive Beta Building can be converted into more than 40 apartments.\n<\/p>\n
\n That is just one of the plans that were decided by Reading Borough Council before the Christmas break.\n<\/p>\n
\n Elsewhere, advertising and wayfinding designs for the Village Hotel at Caversham Bridge have been approved, as has a plan to create a new kitchen and dining room for a family in Caversham itself.\n<\/p>\n
\n You can view each application featured by typing the reference in brackets into the council’s planning portal.\n<\/p>\n
\n Conversion of offices into 44 flats (PL\/25\/1573)\n<\/p>\n
\n The distinctive Beta building at 121 Kings Road is due to be converted into 44 apartments.\n<\/p>\n
\n The conversion will create 31 one-bed, two-person flats, 11 one-bed one-person flats and two two-bed three three-person flats.\n<\/p>\n
\n The project was assessed by planning officer Jonathan Markwell, who determined that the application meets all the rules relating to the conversion of offices into housing.\n<\/p>\n
\n This approval follows the conversion of neighbouring Kennet Place into 93 flats last year, which are being marketed by Haslams.\n<\/p>\n
\n Signing plans for Village Hotel (PL\/25\/1455)\n<\/p>\n
\n Plans for advertising and wayfinding signage for the Village Hotel at Caversham Bridge have been approved retrospectively.\n<\/p>\n
\n The branding and signage were installed prior to the opening of the 122-room hotel last month.\n<\/p>\n
\n The signs help direct guests to the entrances and the car park.\n<\/p>\n
\n Details of the positioning and size of these signs were granted retrospective approval by the council on December 22, 2025.\n<\/p>\n
\n New kitchen and dining area for family (PL\/25\/1563)\n<\/p>\n
\n An application for a single-storey rear extension to create a kitchen and dining room for a family in Caversham has been approved.\n<\/p>\n
\n The home, situated in Chiltern Road, is semi-detached, with planning Sian Hickey noting that the adjoining property already has a rear extension.\n<\/p>\n
\n She therefore judged that there would not be an adverse impact on the neighbours if the plan for the new extension was granted.\n<\/p>\n
\n The project was duly approved last month, allowing for the creation of a kitchen and the installation of a five-seat dining table and a three-seat breakfast bar.\n<\/p>\n
\n New MRI unit for independent hospital (PL\/25\/0615)\n<\/p>\n
\n A new MRI unit can be installed at the Berkshire Independent Hospital in Coley.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The hospital has won approval for a temporary modular building to be installed next to the main entrance of the hospital, accessed via Wensley Road.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The facility will be established to facilitate more MRI scans.\n<\/p>\n
\n Planning officer Nathalie Weekes concluded the project would not have an adverse impact on parking, so the modular building was approved last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The offices at the former Huntley & Palmer factory site at 121 Kings Road are progressively being turned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-76836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-reading-city","9":"tag-reading-city-headlines","10":"tag-reading-city-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}