The Minutes of the meeting held on 8 October 2025 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Councillor Davies declared an interest in Item 34.

The Committee considered a report setting out a schedule of applications to be considered at future meetings of the Committee to enable Councillors to decide which sites, if any, they wished to visit prior to determining the relevant applications. The report also listed previously agreed site visits which were yet  ...  view the full minutes text for item 30.

The Committee received a report on notifications received from the Planning Inspectorate on planning appeals registered with them or decisions made and providing summary reports on appeal decisions of interest to the Committee. 

Appendix 1 to the report set out details of one new appeal lodged since the last Committee.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 31.

The Committee received a report on the work and performance of the Planning Development Management and Building Control team for the second quarter of 2025/2026 (April to September) with comparison to same quarters in the previous year.  The report focussed on planning and building control application processing performance and fee  ...  view the full minutes text for item 32.

The Committee considered a report on a proposal to add the Royal Albion, 642 Oxford Road, to the List of Locally Important Buildings and Structures. The report identified the building as being of local architectural importance and made an assessment based on the Council’s published Local List criteria for inclusion  ...  view the full minutes text for item 33.

The Committee considered a report on proposed work to five lime trees at 8 Victoria Road, Tilehurst, which were subject to a Tree Protection Order (TPO) as the applicants were serving Councillors.  The trees were shown as T3-17 on plan TPO 18/15 attached to the report at Appendix 1.

The  ...  view the full minutes text for item 34.

Proposed temporary opening up works and associated initial investigations to the roof structures of Reading Town Hall.

The Committee considered a report on the above application.

Comments were received and considered.

Resolved –

That, pursuant to Regulation 3 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992, planning permission  ...  view the full minutes text for item 35.

Outline planning application for the development of up to 70 homes (including affordable housing), new vehicular access, associated parking and landscaping (all matters reserved except for access). (SODC ref P25/S1431/O)

The Committee considered a report on an adjacent authority consultation from South Oxfordshire District Council on the above application. An  ...  view the full minutes text for item 36.