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Brownfield land

BL1025

Geographical area

About this entity

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CURIE brownfield-land:BL1025 no fact link
Prefix brownfield-land Facts about Prefix
Reference BL1025 Facts about Reference
Name BL1025 Facts about Name
Quality Authoritative: We have some data from the authoritative source no fact link
Dataset Brownfield land no fact link
Organisation Reading Borough Council no fact link
Start date 2017-12-15 Facts about Start date
End date Facts about End date
Entry date 2022-12-12 Facts about Entry date
Typology geography no fact link
Point POINT (-0.964094 51.456442) Facts about Point
Notes Allocation CR13a in Local Plan. Subject to adopted Supplementary Planning Document - Site of Reading Prison Planning Framework.. The prison building itself is of historical significance and is listed, and its historic significance will be retainedconserved and where possible enhanced. The building would be used for residential or student accommodation, commercial offices or a hotel, and could include some cultural or heritage element or related retail and leisure that draws on its significance. The site is part of a scheduled ancient monument, and therefore any additional development will be dependent on a thorough demonstration that it would not have detrimental impacts on the significant archaeological interest. The prison adjoins the Abbey Quarter, and development should therefore enhance that area as a heritage destination.. https://images.reading.gov.uk/2019/12/Local_Plan_Adopted_November_2019.pdf Facts about Notes
Hectares 1.44 Facts about Hectares
Site address Reading Prison, Forbury Road, Reading Facts about Site address
Site plan url https://images.reading.gov.uk/2021/12/Brownfield-Land-Register-Maps-2022-BL1001-to-BL1059.pdf Facts about Site plan url
Ownership status owned-by-a-public-authority Facts about Ownership status
Maximum net dwellings 90 Facts about Maximum net dwellings
Minimum net dwellings 65 Facts about Minimum net dwellings
Planning permission status not-permissioned Facts about Planning permission status

Available Code Snippets:

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        "entry-date": "2022-12-12",
        "start-date": "2017-12-15",
        "end-date": "",
        "entity": 1705323,
        "name": "BL1025",
        "dataset": "brownfield-land",
        "typology": "geography",
        "reference": "BL1025",
        "prefix": "brownfield-land",
        "organisation-entity": 262,
        "geometry": "",
        "point": "POINT (-0.964094 51.456442)",
        "quality": "authoritative",
        "notes": "Allocation CR13a in Local Plan. Subject to adopted Supplementary Planning Document - Site of Reading Prison Planning Framework.. The prison building itself is of historical significance and is listed, and its historic significance will be retainedconserved and where possible enhanced. The building would be used for residential or student accommodation, commercial offices or a hotel, and could include some cultural or heritage element or related retail and leisure that draws on its significance. The site is part of a scheduled ancient monument, and therefore any additional development will be dependent on a thorough demonstration that it would not have detrimental impacts on the significant archaeological interest. The prison adjoins the Abbey Quarter, and development should therefore enhance that area as a heritage destination.. https://images.reading.gov.uk/2019/12/Local_Plan_Adopted_November_2019.pdf",
        "hectares": "1.44",
        "site-address": "Reading Prison, Forbury Road, Reading",
        "site-plan-url": "https://images.reading.gov.uk/2021/12/Brownfield-Land-Register-Maps-2022-BL1001-to-BL1059.pdf",
        "ownership-status": "owned-by-a-public-authority",
        "maximum-net-dwellings": "90",
        "minimum-net-dwellings": "65",
        "planning-permission-status": "not-permissioned"
    }
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