South East
Reading, a borough between London and the coast
Reading Borough Council is the planning authority for the borough. West Berkshire, Wokingham and South Oxfordshire meet it at the boundary and decide their own applications. Calling the area “near London” does not move it into a London borough’s plan.
The South East total of 410 children’s homes at 31 March 2025 is the Ofsted context. It includes places with very different housing markets. The Reading question is this borough and this building.
Fiveways is based in Birmingham. This page is about the work in Reading, not a local branch.
Planning applications in this area are decided by Reading Borough Council.
- Planning consultancy is the frequent first piece of work, because the constraint is often the use of the house rather than the policy folder.
- Troubleshooting still applies if the home is already registered and the same shortfall has survived an action plan.
- We have no office in Reading. Correspondence goes to Birmingham.
The work that usually belongs here
Questions that come up here
Is Reading in the East of England?
No. Reading is in the South East. The East of England page on this site is Norwich, for a different regional count.
Can you speak at a Reading committee?
We prepare the substance with you. If the hearing needs a planning advocate, we will say so rather than stretch the consultancy brief.
Nearby, and not the same
- London — The smallest regional count. Not the simplest plan.
- Southampton — A unitary city on the coast, inside a large region.
- Milton Keynes — Its own council. Its own grid of streets.