Two developments near Reading station are set to change the face of the town forever, but one campaign group say the blueprints are overbearing and say “people probably won’t get sunshine”. A plot of land on Vastern Road and an area of Caversham Road are set to be turned into …
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Reading is a vastly changing town. Huge housing developments are popping up all around the town centre, many unused offices are being converted into homes and more projects to build new, better offices are also being carried out. What this means is that the town will look very different over …
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Plans for a spectacular housing development on a Reading shopping park have been delayed. Aviva Investors, which is proposing an enormous development on Reading Station Shopping Park, had hoped to submit its plans for the scheme by Christmas. However, planning consultant Barton Willmore has now confirmed the plans are due …
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Shoppers fear the loss of a popular supermarket if a huge development in Reading is given permission. People responding to a consultation on a plan which could see the Reading Station Shopping Park knocked down and replaced with as many as 950 new homes have stated losing the shop would …
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The area around Reading’s IDR and Vastern Road is not known as a beauty spot. It’s unlikely architects or historians will be rushing to preserve what is known as the “TGIs roundabout” or the buildings housing the various shops around the area. In fact, Caversham Road Fire Station is one …
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Plans have emerged which could see nearly 1,000 homes built in a “primarily car free” development on a Reading retail park. Aviva Investors has unveiled its vision for the Reading Station Shopping Park between Caversham Road and Vastern Road. The company is working on an outline planning application which could …
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